Movies/Shows you have seen recently?
 

I have been wanting to make this thread for a while. It'll just cover movies I had seen over the past week or a couple of days apart. My rental status allows me to do this with at least 4 movies a week and on occasion I'll catch one on cable.

Anyway I know several of us have netflix accounts and had been watching movies every now and then. I'd love to hear you guys and your comments about movies you had seen, not necessarily have to rate them or something, just your casual initial thoughts! Kinda like a journal on what you had seen.

I'll go ahead and start. :)

Last week:

The Red Shoes Queued this just for catch all asian horror when I was queuing up a bunch. I was disappointed. Its not what I thought it'd be and had it on 1.5x the whole time. I'm sure atmosphere helps some but meh. Do recommend for catch all asian horror but not that recommended at the moment.

La Mujer de Mi Hermano Recommended by a friend, good romance drama movie with spanish origin in a rich lifestyle setting. I liked it quite a bit, but I wasn't into romance dramas though. She's hot as hell though! Guys might enjoy this. Do not let that cover sway you, she's better looking than that.

(500) Days of Summer GAF fucking hype. I keep seeing references to this movie and I thought I bump it up and watch it finally. I shouldn't have hyped myself for this AND MOST especially watched this AFTER Brick. Whereas Gorden-Levitt was awesome in. He was such a pussy in this movie. I was so sad. Good movie though, just different take on relationships and stuff.

From Within Yeah, that's right, took me a minute to remember why I queued this. I browsing Netflix and saw a review that gave this movie 5 stars and I'm like what the hell, its unheard of kind of movie and I read it. It spoilered the first 5 minutes and its accurate to say the whole movie pretty much works itself out like that too. I agreed especially at the end when it was so satisfying on par with level of like Drag Me to Hell.

Next Week Preview: DEADWOOD SEASON 1.

Ooh, its been a month already? LOL. Totally forgot about this thread. Ah well. Its time to update my silly movie backlog.


To be seen next week; Narc, The Squid and the Whale, and Junebug.

I was randomly flipping channels last night and came across this movie called Deep End on Turner Classic Movies. I missed about the first 20 minutes or so of it, but I was still intrigued enough by what I saw to keep watching until the end. It was definitely an enjoyable film (definitely didn't see that ending coming), and I'd definitely consider picking it up on DVD so I can watch the whole thing (it's currently not officially available on DVD (though there are some bootlegs), but there is a company working to remaster it and they do have plans to release an official DVD sometime in the future).

I've been watching stuff like crazy recently.

Things I've recently really enjoyed:

Lost S6 - Not much I can say that hasn't been said already: Awesome show, still not sure if I liked the ending, but it doesn't destroy all the entertainment the show had already provided to me.

True Blood - I got into this show in the last 6 months or so, and it's really, really good. From the way it's popularity is keeping up, this could easily become bigger than the Sopranos for HBO, and there's plenty of material to keep things going, so this will hopefully stick around for a long time.

Rifftrax - Basically MST3k with movies I give a shit about. Some of these are ridiculously funny, with Troll 2 and Twilight being tied for how hilarious they are. They seem to get better the more recently they made the track, like Harry Potter 4 being much funnier than Harry Potter 1 and 2, but Paranormal Activity was surprisingly dull, so it's not foolproof.

Fringe - Started watching this after Lost ended, since J.J. Abrams was the creator, I figured it would be good. It is, but I've seen it before with The X-Files. If it didn't have the completely crazy Walter Bishop, I probably would have lost interest.

Daybreakers - Much better than I expected from the ads. The movie was based on a really interesting premise and, for the most part, delivered. Vampires are awesome when done right.

24 S8 - 24 once again seems to follow the cycle I noticed back in S5, and seemed to be confirmed in S6, where they make a two good seasons (S1,S2; S4,S5; S7,S8) and then make a crappy season (S3,S6). While I don't like that 24 is over, I'm happy that it ended on this season as, if my theory continued to hold up, S9 would have also been shitty. Season 8 was the best season since S5, and I'm debating it's overall place in how good it was (S4 was second best for sure, then S1, but I'm not sure if I liked it more than S2 or S7). I'm disappointed it they announced the movie before the series ended, as I would have liked to been thinking they might actually kill Jack this season, but even as it was, things were great.

Gonna watch The Book of Eli soon and am in the process of watching Breaking Bad S3, so I'll update soon on that stuff.

I watched a good movie last night to make an update!



To be seen next week - The Butterfly, The Fall, and Clerks 2

Netflix coming to Canada

Congrats you silly canadians, about time you guys join me here! Now they would fucking implement subs/cc into their streaming like HULU already, it'd be 100% more awesome.

As for what I had seen recently, its not much or all that noteworthy. But I'll mention them anyway.



To be seen this week: The Messengers, Superman Returns, and Pulse.

Thanks to no sports and no good tv, I've been plowing through movies like there's no tomorrow. Let's see if I can remember what I've watched recently.

Django- Not a huge fan of westerns but always a fan of bad asses, and Django fits that mold nicely. Man in black dragging a coffin along behind him able to drop anyone with his pistol.

Event Horizon- Finally checked that out after everyone saying how freaky and scary it is. I was unmoved, decent horror, but certainly not Nightmare Fuel of any high octane variety. Maybe Pandorum will serve better...

The Messenger- Like the Hurt Locker before it, a solid, well made, if politically safe (not a bad thing, mind) movie. Certainly a suck job worth highlighting and recognizing. Also indeed a solid performance by Woody, who despite being easy to ridicule is routinely strong in his movies.

Repo Men- Almost every element could be tied to some other movie, so not entirely original but an entertaining flick if nothing else. Surprisingly, Jude Law works rather well as an action dude.

Big Fan- Strong performance by Patton but a weak and unsympathetic character makes the movie hard to get behind.

Unthinkable- Sam Jackson does some of his standard shout acting while interrogating a terrorist in ways that make Jack Bauer look downright passive. Carrie Ann Moss serves well as the films moral center torn between the potential to save millions vs the utter destruction of one human's civil rights.

Hachiko- A based on a true story of a dog's loyalty to his master, starring Richard Gere who I normally avoid. Now I do not cry at films as a general rule, I may tighten up from time to time, Iron Giant, Finding Neverland, and maybe a couple others but tears just don't happen. The last 20 minutes or so, let's just say I'm glad I was watching this alone on my couch tears flowing. What can I say, dogs are super-effective against me.

There are more, but I've gone on long enough, I'll pile some of the other stuff into a future update. Considering I'm watching about two movies a night these days that may come sooner than later.

Tied to? The movie is a less inventive, far inferior version of REPO.

Yes that's the most obvious since the plot is nigh identical, but it also takes a very strong cue from Brazil and some aesthetics from Blade Runner, among other things as well. Also it scores over Repo at least in so far as not featuring Paris Hilton. Like I said, original no, entertaining action flick, certainly.

If by aesthetics from blade runner you mean also influenced by german expressionism, sure. In that sense I suppose Equilibrium and Dark City are heavily influenced by Blade Runner, too.

Original, no. Entertaining action flick, no. Rubbish, start to finish.

You said yourself almost every element could be tied to other films, but the thing is every element can be tied to far superior films that used every element better and in a more clever manner. This movie is about as entertaining as having your balls gnawed on by a badger whilst someone reads Twilight aloud and shows you slides of their last Dan Brown-themed holiday.

I'm not wanting to turn this into a which of us has the bigger film dick competition, or saying you aren't entitled to your opinion. I'm just baffled by it. I think you're the first person I've heard give this movie a positive word. And seeing as how you clearly like some decent cinema, I'm shocked by the deviation.

Guess it depends on your expectations going in. I wasn't expecting much out of it. I enjoyed the action sequences, Schreiber was suitably smarmy, the "twist" while not at all unexpected was set up competently enough, and I got a few laughs out of it.

Look I'm not going to put the film on any best of lists but it gave me what I wanted out of it. Certainly watched much worse and/or far more derivative films (Avatar anyone?), if I had to put a number to Repo Men it would be about a 6 out of 10.

In any case I don't think Repo Men is hardly worth this much time or level of debate. I'm sure I'll come up with far more reviled films that I like far more than Repo Men to baffle people with. I mean come on, I absolutely love The Spirit.

You know, I didn't hate the Spirit. I've never been able to explain why.

Also, yeah. Right there with you on Fern Gully in 3D.

To be seen next this week: The Breed, The Break-Up, and Smokin' Aces

Saw a decent movie recently for an update.



To be seen next week: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Antibodies and the Grudge 2.

The original Japanese flick is a lot better, though honestly it's still pretty mediocre. Most of my enjoyment came from laughing at the idea of ghosts coming through dial-up internet. I don't remember what political stuff they stuck into the American version, but none of that was there in the original.

I really liked this one too, especially the end. Will Ferrell plays a surprisingly good straight-man when he needs to.

LOL, no one watches ANYTHING anymore? ;___;

To be seen next week: I have rearranged my movies backlog to watch a a few shit ones early so that way I'd not care as much while I'm focusing on something else better in the meantime. Whisper, The Hills Have Eyes 2, and Captivity.

On another note, I'm terribly disappointed at Netflix for taking down our friends page. I cannot check on Tails, LeHah, Pang, Kyndig, and Sass's movie backlogs anymore. ;____;

Unless that trailer completely obscured the fact that Dane Cook and Andy Dick were in it you have no excuse.

Haha, Bug. Back when I worked at Movie Gallery a fellow coworker who'd gone to see that in theaters threatened to never speak to me again if I rented that despite my love of bad horror. This was the same coworker who hated Hot Fuzz and 28 Days Later, though. I tried watching it on cable once, but it bored me to tears after maybe half an hour and I couldn't take any more.

I've mostly been watching TV shows on Netflix lately instead of movies, so there isn't much to say. Most recently it's been Veronica Mars, Penn & Teller's Bullshit, and Arrested Development.

For some reason, I'm not allowed to use Netflix in Korea (At least the streaming parts. Don't know about the physical dvd parts). But a friend was telling me that he got into the mood for gangster movies and such from playing Mafia 2 and suggested I watch The Sopranos.

I've seen bits and pieces of a couple episodes back when it was in its first years, but I don't think I was old enough to appreciate it yet. I watched the first episode last week and was instantly hooked. I think the relationship between Tony and Dr. Melfi is pretty amusing, how he'll randomly get pissed off and storm out of the room, but still come back the next week like nothing happened. I immediately wanted to strangle his mother and wife, though, and his daughter is a bit of a bitch, too. I'm enjoying it a lot though, and trying not to think too much about the ending that apparently pissed off a lot of fans. (Don't know what it is, so I'm not too bothered by it yet.)

Recently I have watched for the first time The Expendables (Best film ever), Quantum of Solace (Rubbish, even by Bond standards. For Your Eyes Only was on over the weekend and I think I enjoyed that more than QoS, even though it's a bizarre camp-comedy Bond film that I've seen three or four times before. Bond needs to stop trying to have clever plot twists and really needs to stop all the predictable rogue agent bullshit and get back to fucking up Russians), The A-Team (Fun in that it takes itself in no way seriously but went on a bit too long and Liam Neeson? Really?), Shutter Island (What a steaming pile of fetid turd. I want that hour and a half of my life back you fucks. Terrible acting even by DiCaprio's generally low standards, obvious plot and is there nothing Ben Kingsley won't do for money now?) and The Invisible (Entertaining enough although doesn't really know where it's going morally which makes the whole thing end up a bit like a not completely shit episode of One Tree Hill).

Coming soon, as soon as I can find a store that stocks it (Or a working torrent), Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus.

I love the ending to that one.

Oh I should probably post here when I watch something in-between all that animu I GUESS FUCK

Anyway I was hunting for stuff to watch a few weeks back and Deni told me to rent something called Something The Lord Made, an HBO film from 2004 about a history making African-American, Vivien Thomas (Mos Def) and Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman), the two guys who pioneered the field of cardiac surgery by curing Blue Baby Syndrome. What makes it important is that this all took place during the 1930's-40's when segregation was still going and blacks weren't seen as equals. It's a pretty strong and quite moving portrayal of what kind of sacrifices some gifted blacks had to make back in the day, the decision to put aside your pride for the greater good and the possibility of accomplishing something never seen or done before and how hard it was being looked down upon.

Also you should watch it because Mos Def owns.

I watched Zombieland the other day and thought it was pretty good. It's kinda like Shaun of the Dead if it had been made as an off-shoot of Scrubs, rather than Spaced. It is pretty funny though and worth a look if you like comedy zombie films. I also watched a film called The Vanguard today which is a low budget, British zombie film and basically pretty shit and didn't make any sense. Some low budget films are great, despite the obvious crappy effects and locations, this one wasn't. Avoid.

Under instructions from Denicalis, I watched Boardwalk Empire today and I'm fucking IN LOVE with this show. It's a fictionalized account of Enoch Thompson (his real name was Enoch Johnson) and his Atlantic City exploits during Prohibition. The pilot was directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Steve Buscemi as "Nucky". Do yourself a favor and watch it.

Sounds interesting Enceph, but for those of us who don't have HBO, do they have episodes online somewhere?

Yeah, I hear they host them all on sites like isohunt and piratebay and demonoid.

You should look.

(I hear it is where Enceph got his)

well I meant more like streaming, but a torrent is fine too.

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Great show, DN. You'll love it.

P.S.

Zerg "Stevensen Yu" rinch

Being dissed by someone as shoddy as you isn't really a deterrent. I never felt bad when Yama or niki disapproved of me either.

Alright, I'm back with even more movies. There's a shitton of cable movies that I saw and took off from my netflix queue but unfortunately netflix doesn't keep track of my ratings/watched like their dvd shipped list. Barely remember most of them anyway.

To be seen on Monday, Next and Paranormal Activity.

I watched A Mighty Wind with the girlfriend last night. Probably one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time and only makes you realize how utterly and shamefully wasted Eugene Levy's comedic talent was wasted on those movies with the Pie Fucker™.

I had super high hopes for that flick, but I really didn't enjoy it very much. Just seemed like it was trying too hard. You're right that Eugene Levy was wasted on American Pie, though.

See, it was like that for me with Best of Show, which I just watched. As before, Eugene Levy is a massive standout in a movie that felt forced. It was still really funny though.

Doot doot, here we go again. :D Nothing like a good old fashion update to get this thread going. I love movies, even crappy ones. Crappy ones can be a good palette cleaner for good ones ya know. But yeah, even there's gems among the crap and there's crap. Obviously I'm on a list of movies made from '07 here. :) Got some ways to go before I could get caught up on movies from within this year at least. But no biggie, most dvds/blu-rays takes a while to get released anyway.

Also for the record, I am copy and pasting this from a netflix dvd shipped list (so most recent is first) and I tend to review my movies from the oldest to recent. ;)



To be seen next week: Blood and Chocolate and The Lives of Others.

I just got through watching Season 8 of 24 and I thought it was great!



Also saw Saw 3d the other week which was much like the other films in the series (And therefore great).

Wow. I'm a such a terrible person. I should had keep up on this thread. There were a week or two where I didn't even watch my rentals. O.o' I was obsessed with gaming at the time. (Sword of Mana, Golden Sun TLA and Mother 3 all back to back... was the reason.) And yeah there was an anime series I was watching too which kinda contributed to my smaller list of what I had watched recently. Alrighty lets see what I got.


And NOW. To be seen tonite and maybe tomorow... Breach and There Will Be Blood. :D

Last week I watched Toy Story 3, Sympathy for Lady Vengance and Black Death.

Toy Story 3 was alright, I liked the numerous prison movie references. Sympathy for Lady Vengance is a great film, surprisingly different to Old Boy and the first Korean film I've seen with even a hint of a happy ending. Black Death, like pretty much every film with Sean Bean in, is top stuff too. It's by the same guy who made Creep and Severance, two of my favourite films, so I knew I'd probably enjoy it. Not nearly as violent as the box leads you to believe but the action sequences there are are top notch.

Oh yeah, also watched Repo Men which is the first Jude Law film I've managed to sit all the way through and actually wasn't too bad overall.

Cheers Shin, glad to see you liked Sympathy for Lady, it was interesting for me. Still not sure what to make of the trilogy in whole honestly lol.

Saw a good movie recently that made me actually want to review it on Netflix since a lot of people who reviewed it may or may not have missed the point of it. :\

I remembered the other day that someone had bought me The Omen Pentology and I'd only ever watched the original and the remake of that so I watched Omen 2.

It's not brilliant. Damien as a teenager isn't nearly as sinister as Damien as a kid, Lance Henrikson isn't as sinister as the weird maid from the first one and the whole thing is just a bit bland, lacking all the suspense and oppressive feel of the first one. I'll watch the others at some point but I bet the fourth is really shit, like Nightmare on Elm Street 5 shit.

Oh yeah, that reminds me I watched the remake of Nightmare on Elm Street not too long ago and that's completely shit. I actually quite enjoyed the remake of The Omen and I personally think Rob Zombie's Halloween is better than the original but the Elm Street remake is just plain shite, avoid at all costs.

That moment right there ruined the movie for me. I saw the American remake (not sure if you watched that or the German original which I just now discovered exists) several years ago, and from what I remember it was an enjoyable enough flick up until that point.


I can sort of agree with that provided we're only talking about the second half of the Halloween remake that covers the events of the original movie. The first half about Michael's childhood was complete trash, and just the standard Rob Zombie tripe of everyone covered in dirt and cursing as much as possible for no reason in particular. I spent the entire first part fighting the urge to fast forward or just to turn it off altogether.

I suppose I'll mention a couple of movies that I've seen recently and remember.

The beginning is a little painful and goes on too long, you're right there. When it picks up though you quickly forget about all that and Rob Zombie's Michael is a lot scarier than the original who just looks like a paedo hanging around the school gates. I dunno, the original is a great movie but doesn't stack up against modern horror films the way say, The Omen still does or the original Elm Street, or Poltergeist or the first Friday the 13th (I refuse to watch the remake of that). A lot of people aren't Rob Zombie fans I know but House of 1,000 Corpses is better than a lot of horror I've seen and Devil's Rejects has one of the best endings of any film ever made and is generally a decent movie.

Yeah, I'm honestly not a big fan of the original Halloween either. I remember it being too slow and takes forever to get going. It's just not very visually impressive compared to the others you mentioned. It had the mood, but it never really did much with it. Don't get me wrong; it has its moments, but I prefer Halloween 2 in the hospital.

I've never seen House of 1,000 Corpses, mainly because I saw Devil's Rejects first. I don't remember if I actually finished Devil's Rejects or eventually turned it off out of boredom. I just can't stand Rob Zombie's style.

Oh, and good call staying far away from the Friday the 13th remake. Awful waste of time.

Well I just saw an awesome film. Down Terrace is a massively low-budget gangster film set in Brighton. It's about a father and son crime family who've just been let off a drugs charge and are trying to identify the mole in their operation.

Rather than the usual gangster film fare of non-stop criminality and cockney geeeeeezers, this is a largely slow-paced family drama, all set in a single house more or less with a couple of moments of shocking violence. It's a really, really good film and I'd recommend it to anyone who's after a more thoughtful gangster movie.

Just finished watching Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus.

It was shit, but that is hardly surprising. Luckily it was, as I suspected it would be, so shit it was good. Like Snakes on a Train. Worth a download.

I saw the best Coen movie ever.

I only saw a few since but its worthy of a bump!

No Country for Old Men - Holy shit. That dude. Javier Bardem gives me the fucking chills even after the movie was over. But YES, this is definitely one of those movies you write home about and don't forget EVER. There doesn't seem to be a wasted shot either or a wasted conversation. There's always something that is essential and chilling to watch. The 70s throwback was awesome and I dare say made this even better. And it is the best Coen movie I had watched since. (I'm still in chronological order, just about to finish '07 backlog)

Eastern Promises - Another great violent movie, based in Russia and had already a trio of favorite casts I'd like to see. Viggo really throws it in this one, making me a bigger fan of him already despite of other stuff he's in.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - I like Phillip Hoffman and Ethan Hawke in this but this movie didn't really do much for me. Interesting heist gone wrong kind at best. A Simple Plan was much better.

Savages - Again, absolutely love Phillip Hoffman in this too. Interesting and it wasn't on my queue but it was a recommendation from James' coworker as she loaned it to us. It was great insight on an estranged elder that needs to be taken to a nursing home while struggling with issues involving the estrangement, dementia, and their messed up lives while they cope with each other (brother and sister) and their loves.

No major spoilers below:

-I liked No Country for Old Men, but I didn't feel like it deserved Best Picture at the Oscars. Then again I didn't see any of the other movies it was up against.

-I saw Eastern Promises a few months ago and it was quite good. Viggo was phenomenal. Twist was great and that bathroom scene was so memorable. It will be etched in my mind forever.

-I also just watched Old Boy which was good. The language barrier caused me to really get confused at the end though. I missed out on so many details. Frankly, I had to read a message board to find out what happened, which probably made me like the movie a little less. Definitely worth watching though. Similar to to Eastern Promises, the fight sequence in that hallway was unbelievable. The way the scene was shot, the music, and for the most part, being realistic made it stand out for me (not including the elevator scene of course =p). The Octopus scene was :twitch:.

-And speaking of The Omen the first two were good. Remake, 3 and 4 not so much. If you want a present day movie in a similar vein without the devil related stuff, go see Orphan. I was blown away by this movie.

- Watched The Time Machine today mainly due to the fact that I knew the soundtrack was amazing. And it is. First half of the movie was great, second half was mediocre. If the movie had maintained the quality of the first half it would have been a classic. However, that was not the case. Apparently it is a remake of the 1960s movie that I never seen. Guy Pearce did well in it. He is an actor that never seems to get a lot of credit, but he always performs well. The environment special effects as the main character travels through time were well done I thought. The movie left me with that feeling of just how insignifcant a single human being is in relation to geologic time. It got me thinking, but it also left me thinking about those bad underground humans. Too much focus on them.


I also saw almost all of this year's award nominated movies. The only ones that should win anything are The King's Speech, Inception, Black Swan or the Town.

I watched that when it was on TV a while back as well (I think I saw it on TCM, where I watched most of these movies). I definitely second the recommendation as it definitely turned out to be a way better movie than I thought it'd be.

A few (okay, maybe more than a few) other movies I've seen recently:

I saw black swan, it was dope. I admit I only dowloaded it for the lesbian scene (delish mila kunis <3) but the movie it self was brilliant. I knew nothing about the movie other than it had something to do with balet, surprised how well written and directed it was. The opening scene is aesthetically beautiful and the slow transformation was a nice touch, I´ve never really liked Portman but she played the role of the awkward girl under pressure really well.


Although it ended as you might have expected the journey was great. Oh and the lesbian scene was hot.

I've seen some. I'm about to get into two anime series quite soon so I won't be able to contribute much on the movie/shows part. (Darker than Black and Death Note if you wish to know.)

I watched Inception for the first time yesterday. It was alright I guess, basically like the Matrix with less effort put into set and costume design and even wider plot holes. Also anyone that didn't guess what the very last shot of the film was going to be from about 20 minutes in really needs to watch more films, such a painful cliche to end on. So yeah, a decent enough movie if you switch off and don't let the logical inconsistencies annoy you, I wouldn't have paid more than the £3 I did for it though.

Also recently saw the sequel to District 13 (The French free-running film, not the silly aliens in South Africa film) and that was really good. I'd love to see a race across a busy city between the dude off of that and Tony Jaa. Again it's full of plot holes but then it's a mindless action film so you pretty much expect that. I was also pleasantly surprised at how much of the French I understood without looking at the subtitles. Certainly not enough to translate to someone else but I reckon I would've followed the plot if the subtitles had been turned off. If you like parcour and French Hiphop then you'll like it, I think the official title is D13 Revolutions or something retarded like that.

funnily enough, my opinion of Inception are the opposite of yours shin!

I felt inception was the most intellectual movie I've seen in a while, wedged tightly between all the mindless action hollywood blockbusters. not to say it didn't have good action scenes but it had good themes and material that could be discussed after watching the movie. "decent enough movie if you switch off" considering the complexity of the main idea in the movie (dreams within dreams), I think most people would forgive any possible plot holes (and I don't think they are as wide as you say they are).

What do you mean when you say less effort was put into set? And how exactly is it worse than the matrix?

I also didn't guess the ending or whatever. maybe I'm just stupid. :)

The Matrix as a film was a simple concept made overly complicated to impress idiots, dressed up in a remarkable bit of design. The plot is nonsense, the dialogue is terrible but the cinematography is incredible. The Matrix is all about the look of the thing.

Inception takes the same idea of a virtual world controlled by someone else that you don't realise you're in, only swaps in dreams for a computer programme. Aside from lifting Leo's dress sense straight from Shutter Island, there's no real central style element to the film. It's largely realistic with a hint of film noire to some of the set design. Compared to the obvious effort that went into setting and costume in the Matrix, very little thought seems to have gone into the same areas in Inception.

As for the ending...

Maybe I've just seen too many films over the years but I didn't really see anything particularly interesting or clever in Inception but like I said, it's a decent enough film to let wash over you.

Today I watched Rob Zombie's second Halloween film and the most recent Harry Potter.

Halloween 2 was pretty good. Not hugely scary but suitably gory although all the crap with visions of his mum I could have done without.

Deathly Hallows is the only Potter book I've not read so I watched this not knowing what was going to happen. I've felt the film versions have got steadily worse and worse as they went along but this one was marginally better than the Half Blood Prince. The story is of course complete bollocks with so many leaps of faith and remarkable coincidences it's not funny. There are a lot of things that annoy me about the Potter universe. Why don't any wizards own a mobile phone? Why when they're fighting so they sometimes need to say magic words and sometimes just use their wands like a laser gun? Why does Voldemort need a better wand to kill Potter? Why not just hijack an air force base and steal an Apache then shoot Hellfires at him? Or just buy a gun and shoot the little turd? Why did the Order of the Phoenix think the Weasley's house wouldn't be the first place the Deatheaters would look for him? Why after the initial broomstick fight did the ginger dude only challenge the identity of the black guy and not the others? Why did they bother walking for months, dragging Ron along when they could have just sat tight, waited for him to get better then teleported? Why did they feel the need to wear the amulet? Why were they sad when the annoying elf thing died (And why did they bury him in a sand dune, he ain't going to stay buried long there)? Why were the kids still catching the train to Hogwarts if there's a war on?

Anyway, it was a dull film of a stupid story. I'm not even sure why I watched it because I knew I wouldn't like it.

Thank you so much for using this thread Shin! <3 Also I finally finished the '07 backlog. I'll be finally working onto '08 backlog now which to be 65 in total or so. :D Oh and also, I kinda uh cheated and basically bumped up a LOT of low rated movies up first so I'd get those out of the way.

Heres the difference.

The Matrix movies were "smart" enough to be sure to tell the audience what is the "real world" and what is "The Matrix". You can tell which is which.

Inception does "turtles all the way down" - they say that you can dream in a dream in a dream and then give you a "false botom" (Limbo) because for some reason you can't dream in a dream in a dream in a dream - even if the baseline becomes botomless after the third time.

One story tells you whats going on. The other just prevents you from understanding by never proving anything and thus rendering all sacrifice and danger as meaningless (since the whole thing can be interpreted as "all in the dream world.")

OKAY... all that said.

While I've been mostly just going back and watching old shows (EXOSQUAD) and movies (KRULL) that I love, I did go and see...

Defiance: Not a bad little movie. A little over the top - 1,100 Jews hiding from the Nazis in the woods and starting a guerrilla war against them is about as historically acurate as Capricorn One. But its still entertaining and Daniel Craig could sell ice in Antarctica. Good camerawork and the green color filter seemed more appropriate in this than in most.

Food Inc: Outstanding documentary about the forthcoming food crisis and the over-tilling of our earth. Some of it is a little farfetched - theres certainly some worst case scenarios that are passed off as immedeate and forthcoming - but by and large its an excellent bit of real-world horror that goes well side-by-side with Collarteral.

Just got back from seeing Rio in 3D. Fun movie. I had the entire theater to myself. Awesome. Blue Sky Studios has made another winner.

Yeah, so it's a simple plot and plays out mostly how you'd expect but it's a fun ride and very enjoyable. Only thing I didn't like was that there were a few unnecessary songs it just breaks into mostly out of nowhere. The villain song was just guh and not asked for at all. They could have introduced him in a far better way and they kind of already did before oh boy here's a dumb villain song to emphasize just how evil I am. Other than that most of the music is fairly good and fits the theme well enough. If you're up for something to get you in a good mood I'd recommend it - especially if you're lucky enough to get a theater to yourself like me. =)

I still wish Pixar hadn't cancelled Newt because of being too similar to Rio as I can't imagine Cars 2 being all that spectacular. At least I have Winnie the Pooh to look forward to.

Saw THOR a couple of days ago (released on April 28th here in HK). It wasn't really bad at all. Yeah, it was cheesy in some parts, but I guess I wasn't expecting much so I was quite surprised by how much I did like it.

It did make me chuckle a few times, like...

Not bad a movie I thought anyway. Looking forward to Captain America and The Avengers now.

HI guys! Glad to see some mentions in here. I'm interested in Defiance, good to know it'll be entertaining! :D Good to hear about Thor too. Got that on queue. I didn't get to watch a whole bunch since my last update. Still got to see some.

Haha, I only just noticed you saw Midnight Meat Train. I love that film, it's so silly and it's a perfect role for Vinny Jones. Did you ever see Creep? Similar sort of thing, only better.

I didn't like it Shin. The last 20 mins was really dragging with her flailing about against that mutant. :\ But the intro was pretty good and all.

So its about time I update this thing! And just for the record, I bumped up a bunch of 1 and 2 stars rated (by average) movies recently to just get them out of the way or I'm in that rare mood to really bash some shit films or nitpick on something terrible. So here comes the loads of terriBAD. :)

I just watched Human Centipede. It's pretty silly and surprisingly high budget for a horror B-movie. Entertaining enough though, provided you set your expectations low enough.

Since Noos is off work for another month yet, we signed up for a free month of LoveFilm so she can just stream films through the PS3 all day long so expect me to be putting a load more stuff in this thread over the next month.

Recent movies I have seen in the theater, possible spoilers in the reviews so spoiler tag.

I watched French zombie film The Horde (La Horde I guess) last night and it's pretty decent. Rammed full of plot holes of course but then it's a zombie film and they always are but the action is very good, especially the hand to hand scenes and the zombie effects are pretty nice too. Worth a look for any fans of the genre.

Watched in the last couple of days:

Green Hornet. Pretty funny as happens and better than I expected it to be.

Doghouse. Comedy/horror starring Danny Dyer. A group of lads go off to the countryside for a weekend only to find that all the women in the village have been infected with a virus that turns them into zombie-esque murdering bitches. Awesome, awesome film. Really funny, very silly and gory as fuck. If you liked Dog Soldiers you'll like this so go watch it.

Saw Captain America: The First Avenger last week. Thought it was pretty good and quite well done. Marvel have really done a great job with some of their hero franchises lately. Skinny Steve Rogers was awesome...

Just saw Space Battleship Yamato on bluray (HK release version - Cantonese/Japanese language with Chinese/English subtitles). Not a huge fan of Kimura Takuya, but I liked the movie nonetheless. Tsutomo Yamazaki was an excellent choice as the stoic Capt Okita, though Meisa Kuroki seemed a little off in her portrayal of Black Tiger Ace Yuki Mori. Nevertheless, despite a few problems, the movie was quite enjoyable and I thought the effort was a good one. Hearing that the US is planning their own version of the movie gives me the willies though...

Just watched Dragonball Evolution and Tekken.

Dragonball was as shit as I thought it would be, why Chow Jun Fat went to make films in the US I will never know because they've been steadily going downhill. Entertaining in it's own way though.

Tekken was pretty good actually. I didn't even know they'd made a live action Tekken film and one would have hoped they might have found an actor other than Shang Tsung to play Heihachi but I enjoyed it. It's silly as all hell and the fights are a bit weak but it's worth a look if you can get it free.

So like... the stupid 360 don't have the interface to allow subtitles but yet the PS3 interface does? When James figured this out and loaded Netflix up on the PS3 for me, I went on a super crazy movie marathon. I don't even know if I can review everything in here because of the volume I've seen. But because the lack of subs, I didn't watch a few on Instant Streaming.

I'll be sure to list the ones on instant first. I'll list the dvd rentals later. Also, Sprouticus, you still suck for not posting in this thread. >:\

The first show James and I watched on Instant Streaming was fucking Hoarders. My god. That show really spins on your perceptive on a shit life one can lead. I can recommend it just for an eye opening mindset.

Pysch was a great show I began to follow up on. The dvds are still over the normal price range for James to buy for me, so I began to catch up big time. I'm about to finish Season 2. I'm sore about the last episode being not subbed as it said it should. I'll just read the script while I watch this episode. I'm just grateful that nearly all of the episodes were subbed just fine otherwise. Other than that, this show really takes it to the next level in slapstick comedy but with huge amount of modern american culture with it from references to movies to famous people to caricatures. I loved it so for this. Witty, quick to the point, and definitely light hearted enough in a crime drama to not take itself seriously too. Dule Hill and James Roday has such great chemistry I haven't seen before in conspiring buddies. Ditto with that sourpuss Lassie against the world. There's something something that reminds me so much of the duo and Lassie. I kept thinking that Scooby Doo the dog will show up somewhere.

And that's about all I'd watch in shows, I have other shows to catch up on which is Heroes, Glee, Damages, and some other show I forget.

There's a bunch of movies that I wanted to see on instant but wasn't sure about its worth a rental or not. Most of those movies fits the bill for "passed over" in terms of a rental. Foreign horror is often that genre and you don't know foreign/asian horror, get out of this thread plz.

This week I've watched Tron Legacy and Battle Los Angeles.

Tron was pretty good, I liked all the references to the first one although the succession of massive plot holes are slightly distracting. For example:

Anyway, as a silly film it's pretty good.

Battle LA is right up my street. Explosions, shooting and cheesy dialogue, top stuff. All it was really missing was the main Halo theme playing during the bits where the Sarg was being hardcore.

Also at the moment, Film Four seem to have decided it's Christmas so this week I've watched the first two Home Alone films and Edward Scissorhands. Home Alone never stops being funny and Scissorhands has aged really well.

Last night I watched The Final Destination, the fourth in the series.

Frankly, it's rubbish. I really liked the first film, the second was pretty good, the third was ok but this is definitely one too far. It has loads of obvious, annoying bits they put in for the 3d version (Things poking into the screen etc), the acting is awful, the characters all get on board with the plot far too easily, nobody seems very upset when their friends get killed and the special effects are really poor.

I won't be paying to see the latest installment if this is the standard of the franchise now.

LOL, Shin, I'm a stupid fan of the series too but yet I keep giving it 2 stars out of 5. But yeah, the first one was alright in my book. I'm glad you said that its crap, I'll go in with cheap thrills in cheap deaths then. xD I swear that's all horror movies are good for, "1000 ways to die" with some plot.

I'm hoping to see Buried soon on Instant. I'm on a Ryan Reynolds kick of the late.

How is that a complaint? "I greatly enjoy this show - but I can't stand the movie because its longer than an hour?"

Well, the last movie for X-files really brought home on the show's theme(s) and some epic scenes involved and all the suspense behind the scheme of things in the government too. It left me with a huge impression for this sequel for sure.

This one is more like a more indepth character study of the two leads and their obsession, it'd count as an episode if you cut out Scully's painful "I want to save the kid" scenes. I guess its not a movie I was looking for, but what do I know.

I don't want this to have a tangent so I'll just make this last post: The X-Files conspiracy stuff is garbage. It was just a plot twist ontop of a plot twist that culminated into absolutely nothing (see also: Lost). Aliens who steal kids to experiement on for colonization are thwarted by shape-shifting bounty hunters who are trying to get a vaccine from the Russians before killing the Syndicate and then theres aliens who can't be near certain metal deposits are then attacked by super-soldiers created by the military... ugh ugh ugh. No one cares, Chris Carter. Your mythology is crap.

But any movie that leaves you to ask you where your morals stand, instead of telling you what to think is good in my book. That last X-Files movie did just that. I'd be perfectly happy if they never made another one; they went out on the right note.

Just watched Triangle. It's a thriller/vague horror by the guy who made Severance and Creep and stars Melissa George off of Home and Away. It's a decent enough film and worth a rent I reckon.

Okay, I'm going to go right ahead and admit to watching Sucker Punch the other night. This is one of THE stupidest films I have ever seen, not that I expected it to be anything else from the trailer. It's just ridiculous and pretty and full of explosions; the kind of thing you can happily pick (massive) holes in and laugh at, usually whenever anyone opens their mouth. It's just about over the top enough to get away with having a shitty and occasionally jumpy script. It's got an okay soundtrack as well, although some of the covers set my teeth on edge just a little. We raged, but it was fun rage.

I knew right away that Sucker Punch was one of those movies that you had to turn off your brain in order to enjoy the eye candy and spectacle, but holy fuck, what a SHIT ending. Definitely only worth a download, and only if you're not data-capped or anything by your ISP.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I also watched, mostly on a whim, The Holy Mountain, directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. That ending was ALSO bullshit, but for entirely different reasons (As I understand, it was based off a book that had no proper ending due to author existence failure). Personally, I think this movie was trying too hard, like it was being weird for the sake of itself. Definitely not your average film though, so I could appreciate that it did something different.

I also neglected to mention that I've watched the entirety of Armando Iannucci's The Thick of It recently (hence ava/sig). It's a fantastically scripted, brilliantly acted, spot-on political satire and I love this show to pieces. It's vicious, brutal and cruel and very funny. Naturally the star of the show is Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker, but I can't think of a single actor/character in this who doesn't perform well. The series eventually spawned In The Loop so chances are if you enjoyed the film, you'll enjoy the series.

I was very upset early this year when Armando Iannucci came to the opera and I was really excited he was there and all the 20 year old staff we have had never heard of him so kudos to you, although his finest work remains the bit on Friday Night Armistice where he got OJ Simpson to sign the bottom of a piece of paper with "I did it" written at the top.

Oh mate, philistines! I would have been well chuffed if I was there. That OJ Simpson bit was so class haha. I tell you, over the past few years Iannucci (and Chris Morris <3) have totally revolutionised comedy for me.

eXistenZ:

David Cronenberg made Inception 12 years ago.



Right down to the fucking Or Is It? at the end.

Whatever, it was still good fun. Or as fun as a semi-sequel to Videodrome can be.

This week, Clash of the Titans, Rec and Futuresport.

Clash of the Titans (The recent one, not the original) was pretty good I thought. We watched the old school flat version rather than the 3d one and I still wish people making 3d films would get over the need to have things waving into the screen all the time. Anyway, special effects weren't nearly as bad as many reviews make out, plot was pretty silly but ok, the script had funny moments without breaking the fourth wall and the only real downside was the distractingly bad accent of the lead guy who couldn't decide if he wanted to be Australian or Scottish the whole way through the movie. Did like the joke with the mechanical owl too.

Rec is what Philia would describe as foreign horror. It's a decent, low-budget zombie flick with a few decent shocks in it. Worth a look if you're into that kind of thing.

Futuresport is awful, really awful. Only watched it because there was nothing else on. I can't believe Wesley Snipes paid for this any more than I could believe his Jamaican accent. Only saving grace was a throwaway reference to Speed Ball. Whatever happened to Dean Cain by the way? Apart from this terrible film of course.

Watched Rec2 last night which follows directly on from the first film. It's pretty good, almost as good as the first although let down rather by the fact the actors playing the SWAT team appear to have had no experience whatsoever of actual SWAT tactics or in fact of just generally how people who hold guns for a living carry themselves, although to be fair they are Spanish so it's possibly a highly accurate representation of Spanish special forces.

Watched Scream4 last week. It's more of tribute to the first movie than a 4th sequel. There's a lot of reference on the first movie, and those who haven't seen the past movies might get lost in the names being mentioned. Pretty generic shock value, but the twist has the same Wes Craven feel to it. It's a nice movie to watch with friends on a lazy evening.

I just finished watching Arn - The Knight Templar, a Swedish film about the Crusades. It's very good, kind of like a lower budget, less Hollywood, Kingdom of Heaven. I'd definitely recommend this one.

Tonight I watched The Crew, a Brit gangster flick set in modern Liverpool. It's ok I guess, nothing special really but better than some of the genre.

Go die in a fire, please.

Watched The Rite yesterday. Fairly average thriller about demonic posession with the old "based on a true story" nonsense. Anthony Hopkins is in it and actually uses his own, Welsh accent briefly but it's a largely forgettable movie.

Watched Super8 last sunday. It's a pretty good movie about kids going off to adventures. The alien part doesn't really play a big role in the movie, but helps in the development of the main characters. So it's mainly about the kids rather than the alien. It made me miss being a kid.

Oh you.

I stand by what I said: it was a cop-out to me. The ending where he breaks the fourth wall felt like a lazy and anticlimactic end to what was otherwise a very involved and supposedly deep movie, but hey-- OPINIONS. *Shrug*

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So, I saw The Lion King recently in theaters in 3D (I was on a date), and I have to say it was great seeing the familiar characters again after so long. I half-way thought about downloading Lion King 1/2, but eh... maybe later.

In Television, I finished up with the last episodes of Doctor Who so now I have a long wait until next year when Series 7 is supposed to begin. I wont even pretend that the last episode made complete sense, but with a show like this where the main character is a walking Deus Ex Machina, I've come to accept it as Soap Opera for nerds and I will watch it forever. Fuck what anyone else thinks.

Tangentially related: While awaiting the final two or three episodes of Dr. Who to be released, I became friends with this very nerdy girl, who in addition to being a huge fan of that show, has offered to show me to the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, which I never bothered to watch back in the day (Hype Aversion I suppose you could say was the main reason), so hopefully that will be enjoyable :)

Also, Finally, I just downloaded In The Loop and The Thick of It (I have a soft spot for Yes, Minister so after hearing that this show/movie were both spiritual successors, I was eager to check them out-- Bernard Black's avatar/sig combo was also to blame :p ) so I'll be watching them soon.

This evening I watched Hobo with a shotgun. It's a low budget, Canadian film that bizarrely stars Rutger Hauer as a tramp who arrives in a crime-ridden town and goes on a vigilante shotgun rampage. It's very silly but very enjoyable and Rutger Hauer is a very convincing tramp. The highlight though was the end credits music, which for God only knows what reason is the ending theme from The Raccoons. Worth a watch I'd say if you promise not to take it seriously.

Battlestar Galactica is the best sci-fi show ever so you won't be disappointed. Just make sure to watch them in the right order sicne it can be confusing. Their is first a mini-series you need to watch, then the season 1, some tv movies in between, more seasons, more tv movies, more seasons.

I just spit-taked all over my monitor for this one. George Carlin never hit that height of comedy, lemme tell you.

Been going back through Wonder Years reruns this last week. Also watched The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising which was by a long margin the worst book adaptation I've ever seen put to film. Nevermind that its one of the greatest children's books written in the 20th century and put aside the fact that its a honest, dry British fantasy novel (as opposed to Harry Potter which is empty, sensationalist pulp) - just seeing the film without prior context is enough to make you want to die inside.

Mall cops burst into ravens.

I wish I made that up.

And I just took a dump on my monitor. oops.

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Saw Drive a week or so ago. Granted I was distracted by my company, I don't really understand the great reviews. It was OK at best, for me anyway. The direction was good, the story was whatevs. The opening sequence was the best part of the movie, mostly because nobody was acting.

Speaking of which, the acting was either non-existent or sub par. The two mobsters gave absolutely nauseating performances, especially. I'm generally able to get over acting, but when I see actors that I know can act either not act (Gosling) or act poorly (Cranston) I get a little peeved, what can I say?

Oh, and suddenly there's gore.

Quoted for absolute truth.

Today we watched Dead Man Running, a fairly typical brit gangster film starring Danny Dyer and Curtis "Fiddy" Jackson. It's pretty good and a lot more light hearted than similar efforts.

Also watched Annuvahood the other day which is a very funny Brit film about kids from inner city London. Like a funny Kidulthood really and I challenge any American here to watch and understand more than 20% of it without subtitles.

Watched Season of the Witch, Ironclad, Arn the Templar and I Saw the Devil recently.

Season of the Witch is a very silly Hollywood effort about Knights escorting a witch to get tried. It's hilariously anachronistic, generally very silly and for some reason, Nic Cage and Hellboy insist on keeping their American accents even though everyone else in the film is British, although a few of the Brits sound like they're trying to do an American accent oddly enough. Anyway, it's pretty shit, I wouldn't bother.

Ironclad is about Knights Templar too! Slightly more historically accurate than SotW but not much but it is a much better film, this time about a handful of knights defending a remarkably small Rochester castle against a horde of Danish mercenaries. It tries to be a lot more serious that the other but still manages to be quite silly. Worth a look though I'd say.

The third Knight tamplar film I've watched recently (And the first of the three I watched) was Arn the Templar which is Danish or Swedish or some shit and is a wicked film. The plot is complete nonsense as these things often are and it ends up being kinda like Kingdom of Heaven. Much better film than that though and definitely worth watching.

I Saw the Devil is a Korean horror film. If you've seen any Korean horror films, or infact any Korean films at all you'll know what this entails. Suffice to say there's not a happy ending. Good movie though.

This week watched Shank, Age of Heroes and Sucker Punch.

Shank is about a near-future London and gangs of kids and they're all rude boys (You get me, blood?) and it was aright but nothing like as good as Kidulthood.

Age of Heroes has got Sean Bean and Danny Dyer in so is automatically awesome. It's about a WW2 commando unit going in to Norway to steal some plans and it was ok I guess but ended a bit abruptly and isn't nearly as good as whatever that old film about British commandos going into Norway to blow up a heavy water factory was.

Sucker Punch is nothing like I thought it was going to be and was in fact much better than I thought it was going to be and is well worth a watch. Fucking good soundtrack too!

I watched The Tree of Life movie just a couple of days ago and it was the slowest movie I've ever seen. I watched a trailer on the morningnews here in Sweden and the reviewer said it was a really good movie so I (against the knowledge that moviecritics and regular people have a very different view on things...) watched it and I can't say much else than that it was a complete waste of 2 hours of my life.

Gonna get that Hobo with a shotgun movie that Bloody was talking about, atleast the title of it is awesome.

Watched Drive Angry the other day. It's Nic Cage in a silly film, you don't need to know more than that. Worth a rental if you fancy something mindless of an afternoon. Loving the Chevy product placement too.

Me again!

This time I've watched Thor and Priest. Thor was pretty good actually, despite the complete hatchet job performed on Norse mythology and the fact the producers have played waaaaaaay too much Too Human, plus one or two pretty gaping plot holes but it's decent, mindless entertainment. Priest was trying a bit too hard to be The Matrix and Underworld but it was ok I guess and the Steampunk Western setting is pretty rad.

About time I update my own thread. :) Xenoblade and Skyrim has been sapping up my entire free time for the past 3 months lol. Anyway, here we go.

Martyrs - I cannot stop thinking about this. I've spoiled myself on purpose a long time ago by reading the plot on wiki or somewhere, and knew where it was headed and such. I didn't want to go in cringing or whatever. Thankfully, its not that cringe-worthy (like hostel or cabin fever), and it was definitely interesting plot overall. I liked the portrayal of all of the characters. There was no weak character in this movie and were all just evenly powerful in their own way. Good stuff.

Dakota Skye - Screaming indie romance about a girl with a lie detector power and a boy who cannot lie. Cute though.

The Betrayed - Minimalist set about mob kidnapping/betrayal/heist with a mom and her kid for victims. So and so, just interesting take on minimalist.

Valkyrie - Its alright. Cruise did a good job I guess. I did like the other characters some.

The Wrestler - Wow. Just... wow. Rourke was SO damn good in this. <3 Really raw and absolutely eye opening for someone who doesn't follow wrestling. Good stuff.

War, Inc. - MEH.

The Hurt Locker - Liked this quite a bit. Something for someone who's obsessed about something and loves doing no matter what are the conditions. :)

The Reader - I wanted to like this, but like... "who cares, they're still dead" unnerves me so much. I just cannot bring myself to even sympathize with that character. Winslet did a great job portraying but my god, I hated her character so much. Its really raw yes, but it also makes you wonder what's the point of the film.

Mother - Saw this on instant, its a good while back but I liked it quite a bit and of course, that ending. Whew. Did not see that one coming.

dsYou shouldn't have read the plot before you saw Martyrs. It is a hell of a film though.

MEH, I still liked it a lot Shin! In fact, reading the plot make me not view it as a horror movie but some kind of disturbing topic being explored or SOME shit. Not some gore wannabe. So I'm happy with knowing that at least that I didn't go in with some cheap genre expectations of it.

I thought I deleted everything my cat typed as she strolled across the keyboard. :(

Glad you liked it though, it's nice to see ostensibly gory films that are actually slightly thought provoking too. You should watch I Saw The Devil if you liked Martyrs.

No worries, its on my instant queue! :D I think I'm still on '08 backlog. Actually not a whole lot left, so I'll be onto '09 dvds soon.

I finally got around to watch two my movies this morning!

In Bruges: Hilarious great british duo finding their way in Bruges. :) The ending did take me by surprise on a sobering note though. Strong cast all around. <3

Frost/Nixon: I've seen Michael Sheen in The Queen and loved him in that so I did not lose expectations from his stuff in this one. Although most of this movie is really about Frank Langella and his portrayal as Nixon. I thought the narrating/mockumentary was pretty good in setting the pieces for the movie. Powerplay in interviews is something to behold.

Watched Green Lantern last night which I can safely say is the worst superhero film released for years (With only Captain America still to watch of the recent slew to prove me wrong). It starts slowly, the plot jumps around a lot, it's not really clear who's who and why they do what they do and the whole story is pretty retarded. It's odd that DC can have created one supremely awesome superhero (Batman) and so many shitty ones and I guess this film is crap due to the inability to polish turds. Swerve at all costs.

The real fault of the Green Lantern movie is that it wasn't just fucking set in space. All the space shit with the training? Awesome. Everything else about the movie? Sucks. Sucks hard.

Also Captain America is nowhere near as bad. It takes a lot to be GL bad.

So I watched some terrible movies today. Thankfully I was so dead tired it just came and went.

Splice: Its one of those movies you thought it has an interesting but definitely tired premise but yet these fuckers take it to the next level of taboo and fucking Xzibit it beyond. Terrible. Adrian Brody can DO so much better than this shit.

The Box: My god. What the fuck happened. AVOID. The plot really took a massive shit after the introduction of the premise but still that introduction about minor details (like her foot) was very awkward and awful in presentation.

Case 39: That little girl is terrible at acting. She's adorable and all but lol. And of course, Renee Zwellger in this doesn't help at all. I mean she was alright but that face mannnn, it doesn't really lend itself at all in horror. She's a horror herself to look at.

Buried: LMAO dat ending. Ryan Reynolds was alright in this, although its pretty minimalist and interesting.

The Changeling: Liked Jolie in this, the premise, the plot, the cast of bad guys and all that is pretty good. Liked it a bit, the sets were well done too.

Pineapple Express: LMAO Stoner movie. Still like to watch the genre anyway. Franco didn't really give it to me as much as Seth Rogen. I dunno why, I still like that doofus since Knocked Up.

Slumdog Millionaire: Went in expecting a more than decent movie, came out satisfied. I can see why it got their wins in oscars? or whatever they were? Good stuff around in this movie.

What to do when you have a nasty migraine that isn't going anywhere? Watch bad movies.

Lost Boys: The Thirst - LOL. Corey Haim being Corey Haim. Its not that bad.

Apartment 1303 - Asian horror.

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball - LMAO, shitty sequel doesn't surprise me.

Season of the Witch - Nic Cage~! Still I <3 Ron Perlman though. This movie isn't that bad, I liked the CGI effects at least.

The Ward - Meh. Shutter Island does it so much better.

Dial M for Murder - Its alright classic.

You Again - Still <3 Kristen Bell. Curtis can do better though. Weaver is great in this albeit small part but still.

The Graduate - LMAO now I finally get the following: Mrs Robertson quotes and Wayne's World's wedding crash bit. xD Hilarious stuff here. Early day Dustin Hoffman was totally giving me that Risky Business Tom Cruise vibe too.

Wonderful World - Broderick, I can't hate him, I still like some of his stuff. This one is pretty good for a mild melancholia movie.

The Red Balloon - Utterly fantastic. I've seen this before but not in its entirety. Still <3.

I've watched a crap load of movies since last posting in here but I'm buggered if I can remember most of them. The ones I do recall though were:

Transformers 3 - Massive pile of fail. Disjointed plot, forgettable characters, one film too far, not enough Team America.

Attack the Block - Pretty funny horror-ish Brit film but you can tell they slowed down all the rudeboy South London speak to make it more understandable for foreigners/northerners so it's not as good as proper rudeboy South London films.

The Last Bladesman - Decent martial arts effort although tries a bit too hard to be Hero.

Garfield, a tale of two kitties - Amazingly managed to be worse than I thought it'd be.

Kill the Irishman - Mob film, much like every other mob film. Better than Godfather 3, not as good as Donnie Brasco.

We watched Freeway a couple of nights ago, and HOLY SHIT.





HOLY SHIT. (great music, too)

Homecoming - Mischa Barton was great in this. I was pleasantly surprised since I saw her last in The O.C. show. It took on a Stephen King's Misery go about it and it was pretty decent for today standards. I didn't like the lead very much though.

Green Zone - Matt Damon in another Bourne type of movie?... Not quite. This movie pretty much informed me how badly the search for WMDs part went. I wanted to like this movie but meh.

The Stepfather - Dylan Walsh was great, but the rest of the cast not so much.

2012 - LOL, awesome impossible CGI visuals for such depressing apoc movie. John Cuscack always wins the moment lmao. And I couldn't finish because the dvd was scratched to hell halfway in.

Antichrist - Disappointed by the abrupt cut off of 2012, I went to Instant and watched for some insane shit. This movie served me quite well in that regard in beautiful visuals, excellent symbolism, excellent cinematography, and excellent sets. LOL holy shit man. I actually read the synopsis for this and still don't quite get it but it doesn't matter, I still love how crisp clear the dick/clit shots were and how awesome William Dafoe is for this. <3

Red State - While I was just coming down from the awesomeness of Antichrist, I wanted something more gory. This movie wasn't it lol, the cover isn't a good judge I know. Kevin Smith directing it was a second tip off that it won't serve me what I wanted. But in the end, I got some bizarre horror/thriller wannabe... I still dunno what to make of this movie but kudos for Kevin for trying out the genre. The ending reminds me so much of Coen's Burn After Reading. Is it a ripoff or a form of fanservice? o.O' John Goodman cast in this was a surprise.

The Thing (the new one) - It's pretty good, better than what I've read online. And it ties up with the original movie pretty well. Also, the alien looked cool.

Awesome, I tend to not put a whole lot of faith in remakes. I'll be sure to queue this then. :D

Also. Freeway was fucking awesome. It was my first movie to see Reese Witherspoon in, and it took on a Red Riding Hood twist so god damn well. Despite of it being a decade old, I still remember it well. Keifer Sutherland made it good too.

Against my better judgment I watched a film recommended by Sprout the other day but surprisingly, Chuck and Dale fight Evil is really good. Very funny and a refreshing change to the genre.

I just got back from feeding Lucas some money salad. It was alright.

Watched odd Chinese film True Legend last night. It's a modern kung-fu film with decent choreography and a plot that makes little sense and is full of plot holes. Worth a look.

Also watched Blazing Saddles on tv last night which remains one of the funniest films of all time.

I watched Singin' in the Rain for what might have been the first time last night. I miss movie musicals that weren't Broadway shows first.

(I have also watched My Stepmother is an Alien (which made me giggle), and re-watched My Fair Lady (which practically made me squee I'm such a faggot) lately. Just haven't posted)

I drank a pot of coffee and then watched Videodrome.

DEATH TO VIDEODROME LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH

Currently watching 2001 Maniacs. It's as silly as the first time I watched it but as comedy horror goes, you could do much worse.

Chaining David Suchet's Poirot for all the priceless dialogue and Suchet's clenched buttocks, and watched La Haine the other night (only a year or so after buying it) - absolutely loved it, it's a beautiful piece of cinema, shamed that I hadn't seen it before.

Watched a very weird film called Rubber the other day about a car tyre that kills people. Very post-modern and very silly, I thought it was awesome.

Also watched the remake of True Grit today which was ok I guess.

Aaah, I've seen Rubber in CEX and was thinking of buying it for how ridiculous it sounded. Going to have to check it out~

Just watched The Perfect Host, and I've got to say I think I liked it more as a black comedy than a crime thriller. Also not what I was expecting AT ALL. Not bad, honestly.

Just watched Fallen, a 1998 Denzel Washington film purporting to be an OMEN-esque thriller but actually not being in the least unnerving. Bit dull really.

Just came back from HMV, they are having crazy movie sales lately so I got me Time Bandits, The Princess Bride, Platoon, and the original The Producers from 1968.

All movies I have not yet seen, but have been looking forward to for quite a while.

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well just finished watching Time Bandits, and I have to say that the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness was pretty awesome, and the film as a whole was full of quirky bits that I quite enjoyed. I wish I had seen this as a kid, I would've loved it even more back then. My GF found it freaky, but not as much as Brazil. Princess Bride is up next.

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Heh, after the Ultimate Darkness comes the ultimate suffering. In the words of Miracle Max: "I've seen worse." Seriously I can understand the love for The Princess Bride now, as this movie is just great in just about every way. The pacing is perfect, and the characters are all so well-defined and charmingly unique. I'm sure I'll watch it again before too long, just to get the few bits I missed this time around.

I recently (read: this week) started watching How I Met Your Mother since they have every season out on DVD up on Netflix streaming. I love Jason Segel and Alyson Hannigan but the real reason I love this show so much is clearly Neil Patrick Harris. If it wasn't for his character, Barney Stinson, this show would have tanked long before I even had a chance to see it.

About the only thing that annoys me on the show is the main protagonist Ted. Like, I really want to like him, but I can't get over how, even given the purposely ridiculous situations the characters get into, he's really just overly desperate to get married right from the opening frame of the show. Also, why was Britney Spears ever on this show, even as a throwaway character?

I just posted - here, now, before I edited this very entry - about how, after two nights of not sleeping well, I drank a pot of coffee and watched Videodrome.

On the previous page, there is a mention of my watching Videodrome.

I do not remember watching it before yesterday.

Oh god, something is going on here.

I watched "escape from New York" and "Escape from LA" in the last couple of weeks. Those are the only movies I've actually watched in a while.

Lots of middling movies with quite low expectations. A couple of surprises though.

Edge of Darkness - Seeing him in this one reminds me why I liked him in Lethal Weapon series. But yes, gosh he've gotten old. :( The father/daughter bits were precious though.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - LOL. Okay, couple of things. I had the sound off, so its not as offensive as it is visually. Secondly, I played Professor Layton somewhat in mostly of the second half of it. IE, also I went to the bathroom once and got something out of the kitchen once without pausing this movie. I knew not to care too much really and of course its pretty laughable. But it wasn't as OFFENSIVE as say the Happening which is still regarded as the worst (offending movie) I've seen despite of knowing to the fact that they're both shit beforehand.

Angels & Demons - I still like Tom Hanks. The premise in this one is... eh.

The Proposal - Still like Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. But she's just fucking awful in this one though. They totally lacked chemistry and couldn't save this movie really.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Omagnus recommendation and a very colorful surprise this is! <3 If you like zangy pixar landscape and characters, I can highly recommend this one.

Whip It - Liked Ellen Page, was recommended this one. Hardin in this one was great too. The whole bit of small town girl growing out of her shell is nice if a bit tired but the interactions with the other roller girls were great. Barrymore knows what she's doing here. :D Hope to see her directing stuff more.

A Serious Man - Interesting quirky movie. A very indepth and yet dry humorous look of a jewish family man trying to balance his teaching career, father, husband, brother and even neighbor and finally from his moral choices with God.

Jennifer's Body - LOL Megan Fox! She's just stupidly delicious in this one like in Transformers. But yet somehow, this movie took on a dark comedic yet campy twist instead of horror and in a way, it served this movie so much better.

Orphan - A nice surprise at the end but weighted down by other stuff. I liked the twist actually, in a way I sort of saw it coming but to see how it was made into it was pretty good. But, THAT cast though. The female lead (the mom) fucking suck. The whole deaf little girl knowing what to do is beyond stupid too.

The Last House on the Left - Took me a minute to not confuse this with The Strangers or House of the Devil which I liked so much. This one is uh... interesting, but can be done better... But yeah, its just not that memorable enough for me to care about the cast or the plot even now.

Sorority Row - LOL, I got no defense on this one, hell you may castrate me on this one. I like dumb horror flicks. But this one was pretty bad to the point to where I did felt like I wasted my time on.

Secretariat - Viewed on Instant. I randomly wanted a feel good movie with animal(s) and this movie fits the bill about lucky horse. Diane Lane was great in this one.

Bully - On Instant, random. I thought I had this on queue before since the premise sounds interesting and I liked "the bully" before in other stuff he've done. Can't remember his name off hand. But this movie was hamfisted to the point to where it was more of a PSA to teens to NOT DO, specifically AFTER the murder. The movie then just sucked.

Go see the original with Bob Peck.

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Ooooh. I didn't know this was a remake of an old british movie. Thanks for the heads up!

It does explain a bit about how couple of things seemed culturally out of place. I'll watch this soon!

EDIT: Oh... err... a tv show series. o.o'

Another 72 hour migraine got me to be watching a boatload of movies on instant.

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant - This was a dvd rental and it was the absolute worst vampire movie I've ever freakin seen. It just doesn't deserve ANY notice after this. Avoid.

Daybreakers - This was my solution after CdF:TVA on instant and yet it was rather disappointing as well. :\ I liked the intro when it was all stylish and futuristic. But it really fall flat on everything else, like a hollow POS movie that was misleading in trailers. And I liked Ethan Hawke in most stuff I've seen him in.

Arang - Foreign horror

The Chameleon - Thought the premise was interesting, but the twist was something I saw coming a mile away. Still though, I ask myself why the fuck would you want to move to the Bayou Louisiana of all places.

Rabbit Hole - Liked the cast, interesting plot and definitely no fluff or bullshit lines, they all meant every word that was uttered and I liked this a lot. Nothing like pure honesty to bring this movie to the core of its premise. Definitely a good movie to reflect on when you lose a child to an accident for every unfortunate parent.

Lucky - I liked Colin Hanks in a few stuff I've seen him in. However, this one has an extremely annoying cast female lead that I didn't like very much. But this movie did well on giving the tone of how a messed up relationship can still thrive. A gold digger vs a serial killer who's victim's ticket won the lotto? XD

Trollhunter - Thought the premise would be interesting. The trolls CGI effects themselves pretty much made this movie worth watching. But everything else seemed pretty added on in a lame "yeahhhhh" way.

The Housemaid - Random, reminds me of how fucked up every rich family drama is, and the maid just happens to be one of its victims lol. Still love/remember House of Yes though lmao.

I Saw the Devil - Interesting revenge plot. But its not as fulfilling (as it shouldn't be anyway regarding any revenge in general). Good strong cast though.

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil - LOL! BEST horror comedy I've seen in fucking years. OMG. A++++++++++++++++++++ I'm a huge fan of Alan Tudyk's stuff. He delivers in this one with his buddy. :D This movie really was incredibly satisfying in taking back all the bullshit hillbilly horror movies and turns those fuckers around. :D I don't care if its very OBVIOUS placement of deaths but still its awesome!

Insidious - This one started off pretty slow. But when it gets into it, its pretty good. The bit about astral projection and coming out of there was definitely haunting in a dream like way. Its very similar to my nightmares so I give this movie a better rating than it probably deserves.

Black Death - Sean Bean! But unfortunately, he's NOT the lead. The naive witless feeble young monk is. If you have seen Season of the Witch, you'll notice some similarities to this one. However, the middle half and the ending are very different, and it served a lesson not of how one's eyes deceives you but your own mind can. There's no witchcraft here, just a very very intelligent woman with a cunning motive.

Heathers - LOL I've seen this before and it was pretty memorable enough like Clueless. Although this is probably one of the vicious 80s movies I can't hate. Christian Slater though lmao.

I also started watching a show called Fear Itself which takes on episodic tales of horror. I was a fan of Creepshow and Tales of the Crypt. So far, the episodes, Eater, Sacrifice and In Sickness and ... were all alright worth enough for me to subscribe to this.

Watched a fucking terrible film today called something like In the Name of the King which is Uwe Boll's take on Dungeon Siege. Easily the worst film Jason Stateham's ever been in and probably the worst film Burt Reynolds has been in too...

Watched Road Trip for the first time last night. What is it with 90's movies and random titties? Still enjoyable.

Also re-watched the Star Trek AU movie. I really want to know how Kirk can talk at the end of the movie (unless it's like, a month later, and it really isn't) given that he's been practically choked out by members of two extremely strong species twice in what is probably a 2 hour time-frame. Whatever, griping about the unreality of movies is stupid.

Watched the recent Three Musketeers film last night and it's pretty terrible. Suffers from being brutally American (Everyone in it has an English accent except Dogtanian who is American, oh and the Cardinal who is French randomly) and they shouldn't have cast someone who looks so much like Orlando Bloom in a film starring Orlando Bloom. Avoid this and go re-watch the one with Kiefer Sutherland in (Or in fact the Olly Reed one).

I watched "Project X" the other night. I got to say, I honestly enjoyed this movie. It was goofy but I think it was mostly because coming into the movie I already knew not to expect much from it.

It was just a fun party movie and that was all. I laughed alot from the random shit that went on and honestly, I've been to a lot of parties back in my day but that party made me jealous.

The girlfriend... didn't like the movie as much. 30 minutes into the movie, she started to feel ill and had to rest her head down the whole time. (I offered to take her home but nope). I think the shaky camera was making her sick and I found that kind of annoying as well.

Watched IP Man and IP Man 2 the other night, the story of the geezer who taught Bruse Lee. Awesome films with some comedy kung fu skills. Also watched Final Destination 5 which was much the same as the others and had annoying waving things into the screen all the time as it was probably made for 3d.

Neeeaaaaahhhhhh, how gross. I'll keep this in mind when I go rent this possible POS. :(

Watched Super High Me in celebration of 4/20.


LOL.

Also watched both The Wedding Singer (it's cute, and about as good as I remember (which was that the movie was cute and not awful but not completely fantastic)) and Horrible Bosses. I was, for some reason, expecting the movie to be less dark. And, like most dark comedies, the funniest moment is when someone gets killed. See: Fargo, Burn After Reading, Serial Mom.

Watched Bad Taste the other night. I forgot just how much fun B movies can be. Derek's car is... majestic.

Watched The Keep, which was Michael Mann's second film. A demonic presence unleashed in Romania during a Nazi Occupation. Its not good horror but its pretty fun supernatural thriller and Ian McKellan really hams it up.

Cave Of Forgotten Dreams was stellar but I love me some Herzog.

And Duck Soup. Without the musical numbers, its the greatest comedy of all time. With the musical numbers, its a musical.

Just watched the entire Toy Story saga this past week.

Never realized I had not watched TS2, and also never realized how much Pixar loves to reference their old movies.

For example, in Cars, the top racing team Dinoco is a gas station chain in Toy Story.

I think I might re-watch all the Pixar movies in my spare time just to dish out some of this mundane info that no one really cares about.

I should not be as excited as I am that Eerie, Indiana is available in its entirety on Netflix. Although no spin-off/sequel series.

You just stole a week of my life from me. There will be an accounting.

I forgot to mention that we got round to watching Submarine the other night. A heavy visual nod to Wes Anderson in places, and it's full of quirkiness too. I think Ayoade has made a fantastic début. I definitely want to read the book, for the unused parts and just to understand the transition made.

American Gothic was on Netflix but it seems to have been removed. Shit. That was pretty good but I think they messed up the episode order?

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To further ruin lives, Netflix also has Beakman's World.

I totally love Toy Story but I'm in the same boat. I never saw #2 for some odd reason. I don't even have an urge to watch it either hahaha, but I'm sure it was great!

So, are any of y'all watching Girls? Well stop only using your HBO for Game of Thrones and watch this funny shit.

Watched Red State the other day. I liked it, although it's a bit odd. I probably found it funnier than Kevin Smith intended.

Also getting into The Walking Dead although it's a bit predictable.

We somehow managed to miss all the bad reviews and ended up watching Skyline the other night. Occasional moment that was so stupid we laughed but mostly just a bunch of dickholes you don't care about being attacked by a massive War of the Worlds rip off. That's time I won't get back :(

We've also been on a war film kick of late.
Jarhead I'd seen but not really paid attention to first time round. I got more out of it this time though.
Green Zone annoyed me to be honest and I can't figure out why. I think because it felt like a Bourne film (for more reasons than the lead character - some of the same crew members wasn't it?) which seemed completely inappropriate for the subject matter even though that was questionable anyway. Couldn't hold my attention much either.
And finally The Hurt Locker. Definitely my favourite of those three. It reminds me of The Wrestler a bit in narrative terms. Very compelling and tense as fuck.

And last night we watched Source Code. The guy who lent it to us said it was very confusing, which I think is tantamount to calling Inception confusing in that it's not if you pay attention.

Drive (2011) - Not a bad little flick but Gosling was out of his element. He wasn't bad but the whole "I'm so pretty I should be bringing grandma a fruit basket after swing choir" thing and then turning it around to beat people with hammers doesn't work. He doesn't have that "hard as fuck" look to him.

See: The Limey, Thief, Runaway Train

The Keep (1982) - Odd Michael Mann supernatural horror movie. A lot of people say its bad but its got a good atmosphere with a great cast. It doesn't add up to much though. The Tangerine Dream music is pretty boss. Ian McKellan hams it the fuck up too.

Terminator 3 - Still sadly neglected and overlooked. I'd say that 80, 85 percent of it works better than it has any right to. And the ending is perfect, its the film that reaffirms the original movie and tosses out the handjob hopeful ending of the second film.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is fantastic, especially the governor's song. Fucking great.

Also, we've been watching this British food show called The Supersizers. It's this thing where two folks dress up and eat foods from different periods in British history and it's fucking fascinating. Two series of 6 episodes each, and I wish it was on DVD so I could throw money at it, instead of watching semi-crappy .avi files. Also wish there were different language/other country ones. Except the US, since we really don't have enough history to have enough food history for the show to be interesting past a few episodes.

Totally saw Brave. Love whoever is in charge of trailers at Pixar, since I saw none that spoiled any of the plot. Was not an emotional wreck at the end of this one (see: Up, Toy Story 3).

Also, for SAUS participants, the aforementioned British show has, during the 70s episode and a ski vacation, the Ski Sunday Theme.

Love everyone's posts here. :D

I've queued a bunch since I was sort of MIA for several months on movies front. I'm really hate IMDB's archive system, its just a mess. :( Do anyone know where I can go for movie titles that shows up for screening anywhere going back for a year or 6 months at least? With it a small blurb of its plot?

Alrighty... here comes the massive text dump. Starting with Instant!



Have enough? NOPE. Here's some more, from dvd rentals and owned dvds. :D

Watched 21 Jump Street last night. One of the most fabulous uses of a Canon-Welding cameo I've seen. Also was totally expecting a certain deleted scene to actually happen in the movie.



"I taste metal."

I watched The Dark Knight Rises last night. I enjoyed it, it was a decent end to the re-vamped series (Assuming they don't ruin it with another sequel). There were enough nods to the Knightfall series for those of us who've read it to have a quiet chuckle now and then and although there were massive plotholes throughout, they weren't so bad as in a lot of superhero movies.

Also watched all of series 1 of Game of Thrones which is pretty great. Again with the plot holes and it's a little predictable and formulaic in parts but with an all-Brit cast, the accents are at least not so painful you want to cut your ears off, a common issue with fantasy setting shows.

Seen a bunch of other movies too but I can't remember what they were off the top of my head.

... but Peter Dinklage is from New Jersey. He's also the best actor on the show, so.

Watched 9 to 5 Friday night. Fuck yes dolly

If you say so, Dr Pendantic.

Just watched God bless America. Pretty funny movie, if a little preachy.

Holee fucking shit Netflix has Rocko's Modern Life AND Dinosaurs holeeeeeee shit

Irish people are British, they've just been pretending not to be for 100 years or so. See also India, Australia, America, Canada, most of Africa and the Middle East.

By that logic, British people are French.

A popular misconception. Actually, the French are British, only we keep that quiet.

Just got back from watching Looper. It's a decent enough flick which suffers from fewer of the plot holes that so often plague time travel movies, although there are a few glaring gaps in there. A few neat ideas though and the setting is an interesting interpretation of life in 2044. I particularly liked the use of a Mazda MX5 as his prized classic car.

I got to watch The Ladykillers in the bus I was travelling. I truly loved it, but didn't catch the end because we arrived just a few minutes before it.

Today I searched for it on the Wikipedia and found out that it's a remake by the Cohen brothers, which makes sense now. I'm going to finish it today :tpg:

Watched the first episode of Last Resort this weekend. Is it... is it meant to be tongue in cheek? I laughed quite a lot anyway.

So I saw Frankenweenie. Is it bad that I still cried when the dog died, given that that's part of the premise?


Also, sooooo many references. Sooooooo many references. The American Werewolf in Paris one was particularly sweet.

I feel so... included

Interesting that you should point out the Game of Thrones accents, as i have a friend who is Canadian but grew up in London, and is now living in Canada again and she couldn't stand his accent, going on and on about how it doesn't exist and it sounds so out of place etc etc.

Saw Argo in the theater a couple of days ago. I thought it was exciting and entertaining enough, but it was one of those movies where it says "Based on True Events" or whatever, and I was totally buying it up until one point, and then walking out of the theaters i started to realize how ridiculous a lot of it was. Also reading up on the real Canadian Caper didn't really help, as it shed light on just how much Canada's role in the operation was downplayed. Creative liberties etc, i get it. It was an average to okay movie that i will probably forget about in a few months, which is exactly what happened with The Town, and i'm guessing the rest of Ben Affleck's career.

I love buying cheap holiday sale, or bargain bin movies, (resulting in an embarrassingly large own-but-haven't-watched-yet pile of DVDs. Some of the one's i finally did pull off the shelf were.

Thank You For Smoking: I had kind of low expectations going into this one (given my feelings on Juno) but even if it was haphazard and lacked direction it still resonated with me. I liked how the conflict was driven not by one major antagonist, but rather manifested as a series of smaller conflicts all pointing in the right direction brought on by one aspect of the character.

Scream: the only facial expression i can use for this is :\ I know it was the nineties and it was a different era... I dunno, i guess was expecting more a meta narrative rather than just nerd baiting. Maybe i need to watch it again, maybe the sequels do it better, but i stand by that facial expression.

Escape from New York: As a fan of the Metal Gear Solid series i had a noticeable smirk on my face the whole way through this movie (i know i know, it should have been the other way around... so sue me). Between this and The Thing, i want to see more of Carpenter's work.

I'll probably have more to add later.

Today I mainly went to see Skyfall! Monstrous plot holes and continuity errors aside, it was a decent enough film, although the end was a bit too foreshadowing-heavy for my liking. I've definitely watched too many of those shows about movie mistakes to not notice the errors througout this though and I do find when a film is this bad is does distract a little. Disappearing massive ammo clips, shots of Beijing cut in when Bond visits Shanghai (To be fair you'd probably only notice if like me you'd been to both and in fact stayed overlooking the huge traffic junction in Beijing they used), things happening at one underground station then all the protagonists running away from different ones, each at least a mile apart, no blood anywhere despite the bodycounts (12A rating blamed for this), blue filters used excessively to replace dusk and then the sun setting in 30 seconds, smashed windscreens being different amounts smashed, people driving forwards away from head-on collisions and so on. Also I know you're supposed to suspend disbelief when you watch a fim like this but would the entire IT department of MI6 go home at night?

Anyway, it's a good action film, a decent Bond film and certainly better than QofS and I just wish they'd stop trying to shoe-horn in 24 style plots and get back to megolomaniacal weirdoes trying to steal nukes and shit like that.

Skyfall was garbage. I'm not angry at it like I would be some movies but its a massive disappointment and the worst written movie in a very long time.

In equally disappointing news, Boss has been canceled off of Stars so... yeah, back to watching Star Trek on Netflix, I guess.

Aw, it wasn't that bad. The action sequences are decent enough although the fight in pitch darkness in Shanghai was a bit pointless. Compared to other Bond films, it was better than QofS and on a par with Casino Royale, not as good as any of the Connery or Moore ones, better than Dalton all the Brosnan ones except Goldeneye and nothing is as good as On Her Majesty's Service which is so awful it's amazing.

In other film news, I went to the cinema again this evening, this time to watch Gambit. It's a funny movie and Cameron Diaz isn't nearly as annoying as she often is. Ending was a bit of a leap of faith but it's worth a look.

I finally saw Dark Knight Rises, and I enjoyed it a lot. There were some hints at the start of the movie regarding the reveal of the main villain at the end, but I missed them. I liked that it still surprised me with the reveal, even though any person who's familiar of the Batman mythos will get it early on.

I also saw Brave. Although it was visually beautiful, I think the story was a bit everywhere and could have fixed it by focusing on the plight of the main character a bit more.

None of this can be written by a sane person. OHMSS is probably the worst edited in the series and the middle is as limp as a microwaved calzone but it culminates perfectly.

As to Skyfall, it is probably the worst of the Bond movies. Yeah, you could make an argument that Die Another Day is the worst because it is the most stupid of all the Bond movies - but personally, Skyfall makes the worst mistake possible: its boring. Theres only two other Bond movies I'd call boring (Live And Let Die and Diamonds Are Forever) and this is definitely in that field. At the very least, Die Another Day for all its many, many... many faults cannibalized its own universe to make its story while Skyfall is a cheap rewrite of another popular movie series.

And Skyfall makes so many goddamned sins. Heres a list.

1.) Bond is passive

The movie starts with Bond not rescuing an injured agent (Passive: Pretty much because its "unheroic")

Bond fighting a bad guy ontop of a train... but the climax of the fight is dependent on someone else laying out the killing shot. (Passive: Main character doesn't resolve the conflict)

Bond abandons MI6 knowing that a list of all his fellow agents has fallen into enemy hands and gets drunk / laid for an undetermined period of time. (Passive: Not only is Bond falling off a moving train from a bullet and surviving somehow unexplained, but the fact he avoids going back to service makes him unmotivated in the story, thus passive)

Bond follows the guy who he was fighting on the train and then waits until the assassin kills his target, and only then does Bond fight him (Passive: Bond waits for someone else to take action)

Bond then uses a girl to find the villain (Passive: Bond doesn't act himself, instead he's taken somewhere else by someone else)

Bond is interrogated by the villain who uses some pseudo-homosexual advances (Passive: Bond doesn't do anything in the scene; he just listens)

Bond then watches a girl die before turning tables, shooting everyone except the villain and calls in helicopter support all within five seconds (Incredible passive: why would Bond wait until the girl is dead to kill everyone else?)

The villain's entire escape from jail plan is dependent on Q, a techno-wiz, being stupid enough to plug in the villain's laptop to MI6 computers. (Passive but story-based: how can a guy from Geek Squad, let alone MI6's Quartermaster, be dumb enough to plug in the computer after the opening bombing of MI6 headquarters proved the villain already had the ability to hack MI6 computers?)

Bond then chases the villain in a protracted bait-and-switch subway chase before having a train dropped on him (Passive: Bond reacts to everything the villain does instead of doing anything himself. He's REACTING instead of ACTING.)

M is shot at in the meeting hall, other characters including Ralph Fines and Eve fire back... while Bond takes M elsewhere (Passive: Everyone else is acting: shooting, etc. Bond takes M and leaves, which is passive)

Bond takes M to Skyfall (The most passive part of the movie: Instead of Bond attacking the villain or otherwise going after him in some way - Bond retreats and fortifies a position to WAIT FOR THE BAD GUYS.)

Many bad guys attack on foot, culminating in a Home Alone moment of stupid gadget trickery (Passive: entire scene is basically send in guys so they can die, serves no purpose especially when...)

Villain shows up in an attack helicopter with a minigun and lays waste to Skyfall mansion (Passive: Why would you send in 15 armed goons when you have a helicopter? More importantly, if the villain wants M alive for himself, why send goons and risk her dying? Or why risk killing her with the minigun? Bond again reacts but doesn't act: he waits for something to escalate before he does the same.)

Villain chases M and the butler and suddenly decides to off himself and her at the same time for reasons unknown. Bond kills him with a knife to the back (Passive: anti-climactic. Scene escalates in drama and is then defused - the hero appears at the end of the scene and interrupts instead of adding to it.)

2.) The story happens, the character revolves

Screenwriter John Logan does this a lot in his screenplays: his main character simply revolves around the story and narrates it instead of actually taking part.

If you need to understand the difference, a good example is Raiders Of The Lost Ark versus Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull. The first involves Indy trying to take back the ark or, at the very least, stopping the villains from opening the Ark. He gets involved by constantly taking action against them. In Crystal Skull, Indy shows up - but scenes either happen without him (the jungle chase is often centered on other characters actions) or are simply his reacting to things (ants, waterfalls, stones moving, etc). If your character is REACTING, hes not actually doing anything - the thing he's reacting to IS.

Another great example is Quantum Of Solace versus Skyfall. QoS is about Bond seeking revenge against the people that her behind Vesper's betrayal and sort-of-suicide. This is motivation toward him meeting Dominic Greene and the movie continues as he purposely attempts to straddle both his job and his revenge for his lost girlfriend. Skyfall is Bond showing up and watching things happen; he chases people but only acts after the person he's chasing has already done something: the MI6 harddrive is stolen, the guy assassinates someone, the villain shoots a woman, etc.

In other words, everything that happens in the film Skyfall would've happened anyway without the main character.

Lame.

3.) The story is incredibly misogynistic

Eve can't shoot and obviously shouldn't be in the field. Judi Dench's M is an incompetent administrator who somehow managed to remain oblivious to the concept of cyber-terrorism for years - AND she can't shoot. Severine isn't worth saving or mourning because she's damaged goods; Bond even SAYS SO.

4.) Bond fails at every plot point in the film, making him unheroic *and* inept

*Bond fails to retrieve the MI6 agent list
*Bond fails to save Severine's husband from the assassin that nearly killed Bond
*Bond fails to save the assassin
*Bond fails to save Severine
*Bond fails to stop the villain from escaping through the subway
*Bond fails to save M from the villain

5.) Everything In The Plot Is From Nolan's Batman Movies

Skyfall = Wayne Manor. Albert Finney = Alfred. Bond = Bruce Wayne.

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Skyfall: MI6 explodes and is then moved to a lower basement tunnel

The Dark Knight: Wayne Manor burned down in the previous movie so now Batman works out of a subterranean computer basement place.

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Skyfall: Bond tracks down the villain using bullet fragments he dug out of his chest

The Dark Knight: Batman tracks down the Joker using bullet fragments dug out of a wall

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Skyfall: Bond loses his family home when its burned to the ground while under attack by the villain

Batman Begins: Batman loses his family home when its burned to the ground by the villain

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Skyfall: Villain has a horrible mouth problem

The Dark Knight: Villain has a horrible mouth problem

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Skyfall: Bond chases the villain after the villain has changed into a police officer's uniform and disrupts an official ceremony.

The Dark Knight: Batman tracksthe villain after the villain has changed into a police officer's uniform and disrupts an official ceremony.

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Skyfall: Villain has an elaborate scheme of being captured, brought back for imprisonment, only to break out and cause havoc.

The Dark Knight: Villain has an elaborate scheme of being captured, brought back for imprisonment, only to break out and cause havoc.

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(A little bit looser but the villain going to the chapel at Skyfall and laughing at Bond's parents graves is literally the Joker laughing at Bruce's parent's graves.)

(The villain is a mix of The Joker (a horrible injury centered around his mouth. He disguises himself as a police officer to disrupt an official ceremony) and Julian Assange (the comb-forward haircut, the computer stuff - maaaaybe the sexual androgyny stuff). And pretty much both let themselves get captured in order to wreak even more havoc. (Joker's breakout, Assange's embassy drama).)

Literally everything in this movie is an inept swipe by the second worst screenwriter in Hollywood who also wrote Star Trek Nemesis (don't even go there) and The Last Samurai (another passive movie, and "Glory" for the Japanese world). I wouldn't be surprised if someone sues over this.

So, yes, there you go. The movie is awful and there are probably more reasons than the ones I listed here. It breaks a ton of Bob McKee's rules on storytelling and manages to make Bond into a passive, limp character who can't do anything right. Look no further than Bond needing to bed a woman who's been in sexual slavery.

It is a dumb, stupid movie for jerks.

I read that even if I haven't seen Skyfall yet. Now I want to see it.

Hahaha, I think you're clutching at straws a little bit there mate, you seem pretty determined to hate the movie. I also think you're missing the point of every Bond movie ever to some extent in your analysis.

The whole point of this film as I see it is a reset of the series. They tried making Bond all moody and modern with the first two Craig films and they were both weak. They looked like they were copying films that had originally copied Bond to start with, Bourne specifically, and that led to a real weakening of the brand. They were ok films but they weren't Bond films. So now they've made a conscious decision to go back to making Bond films again and this is the bridging movie.

Bond has always been a wanker. Read the books, he's a proper wanker in those. He's a heavy drinker, can't obey orders, a serial womaniser and has incredibly weak morals. His one redeeming feature is his sense of duty and responsibility, all of which is why he's such a popular character in the UK, it's what we all aspire to be. How you can possibly say that a Bond film being mysoginistic is a bad thing is laughable, strong female characters are a recent addition to the series, only since Brosnan and marked the start of the decline of the franchise. Even the "strong" female characters in earlier ones like Grace Jones eventually end up being extremely weak and either falling for Bond or needing him to rescue them. The silly women is just going back to Bond's roots.

Again, I think your comparisson with QofS is arse about tit too. In QofS, Bond is off around the world for purely selfish reasons, it's a lucky conincidence that he ends up further the needs of the UK in the process. That's not what Bond does. Bond does whatever it takes to complete a mission given to him by the British Government, his overriding sense of duty is what seperates him from thousands of other action heros.

For better or worse, the theme of this film was doing what was needed versus doing what was right. It's Bond's humanity set against M's cold duty. Bond wants to save the dude at the beginning but isn't allowed to. He wants to beat the guy on the train but doesn't get the chance and in the process, feels betrayed by M and takes the chance to retire, until his sense of duty brings him back. By allowing the asassination in Shanghai, he learns more about the plot, he's not there to stop the shooting, he's there to get the gunman. Getting info from a random bird he bumps into in a casino is classic Bond fare, he does it in more films than he doesn't. He takes up the shooting a glass challenge thinking the other guy will play fair, he doesn't know he won't and he doesn't do anything while he's getting groped because he already hit the transmitter, all he's doing is stalling to let the choppers get there. Chasing bad guys is another Bond staple, there aren't many Bond films without a chase like that. Bond rescuing M is because he personally cares about her, he takes her to Scotland because he knows he can win on his own terms. The rest is just Hollywood silliness and plot holes.

I do get where you're coming from with your comments but it does read a bit like you've never seen a Bond film before. The whole film ends as a big set up for the next Bond film to be a proper, traditional, Connery/Moore Bond film and that can only be a good thing.

As an action film, Skyfall is worth a look. It's a bit too 24 perhaps but then nobody watches Bond films for the plot, unless they're an idiot. The main criticism I would level is that Daniel Craig is no good at delivering Bond one-liners. Plus al the continuity errors are distracting. To call it the worst Bond film ever though is being angry on the internet for the sake of it and is also ignoring the existance of the previous two Daniel Craig Bond films, most of the Brosnan ones and whichever Roger Moore one it is with the figure skater in the ski resort which is truly, truly terrible. :)

Missed that people responded until Sprout pointed me over here... And I almost responded to your post in full until I re-read this. So I know you can't be serious. It's cool, but if you want a job in comedy, be more direct.

i liked the new james bond movie. it was good.

I'm so glad to see my thread is still alive lmao. Meanwhile I got a lot of movies catching up to do.

I finally fucking saw Apocalypse Now. I've not seen a lot of Martin Sheen in his prime, but if this movie was it for him, he's great. Definitely not like I've seen him before.

Now I have a question for some of you, Netflix Instant is ALSO showing Apocalypse Now Redux and I noticed there's like an extra hour or so on there so I'm asking if I should watch this too for the extra content. I'm generally not a fan of war movies, but the acting from Sheen and Brando were great.

I also finished American Horror Story... its... like an episode of LawNOrder's Special Victims Unit rape baby stretched into a season but in a ghost edition. Its hilarious and Jerry Springer cringeworthy plot. I do like the cast though, they were all great, especially Jessica Lange and the guy who played Tate.

I've been meaning to watch the Redux version for a long while, but never got round to it so I'm afraid I couldn't help you there. Can't see the harm in it though if you enjoyed the original - if you do let us know how it was!

Okay, so I've seen The Hobbit twice now - both in the HFR 3D since both groups of people I went with had already seen it in 2D and wanted to compare. As for the HFR, it was weird at first, I wasn't sure at all I liked it at all. But about halfway through it really came together and it was especially good during parts with CGI. I wouldn't have chosen to see it in that format twice if it was up to me though. As for the content:

Overall, I thought it was pretty decent.

I finally got round to seeing Moonrise Kingdom since my boyfriend bought it for me for Christmas. It was lovely. I thought it suffered a little from being so short, it was too concise for the background characters to really get a proper footing. But the kids playing the lead roles were fantastic and I was quite chuffed with Edward Norton and Bruce Willis in it. The soundtrack was pretty good but not the best of all his works. It was quite funny too.

A friend of mine showed me The Raid. We watched the dubbed version and it just made everything hilarious. I'd like to see the subbed version just to see how it changes the mood of the whole thing. Great, brutal action flick. That's all it needs to be.

A brief review of maybe the past year's uni TV obsession: Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis.

SG1's first 7 or 8 seasons were absolutely class. I wish I'd got into this earlier, it's been so long since I've loved a show like this. The last few seasons got a bit ridiculous, mainly Michael Shanks kicking up a fuss and becoming a bit of a Mary Sue, also the loss of a few key and beloved characters. But it's self-aware and playful with a host of lovable (and love-to-hate) people.

I thought it would take me a while to get into Atlantis because I'd become so attached to SG1 but really, it's a great show. We've not finished this yet, up to season 3 so far. Much love for McKay.

I have a lot of catching up to do. I really enjoy Boss and am now moving on to Shameless and at some point American Horror Story.

Most days I'm so burned out on work that I just end up watching Trek.

Is that the American version of Shameless? I saw Ence talking about it the other day. I've only seen the British one and thought that was really good, US version sounds interesting.

The US version of Shameless is fucking terrible. They showed it on E4 last year and it just completely misses the point of the series. I mean, worse than the American Office missed the point of The Office by having jokes in it, US Shameless is just far too nicey nicey and, well, American. Steer well clear...

Apocalypse Now Redux is shit. The extra scenes break the rhythm of the movie, and this movie is all about rhythm. Plus they don't add anything to the story. They are at best kinda interesting historically (scene at the French mansion) and at worse just downright ridiculous (crashed playmates copter).

You do get extra boobies though.

Watched Kick-Ass last night. Was expecting to hate it and ended up freaking loving it. Not a cinematic masterpiece by any means, but damn was it FUN. <3

Watched Mother's Day last night. Silly horror film that was mildly gory and kinda interesting story-wise if a little predictable.

Watched Brotherhood of the Wolf the other day, French martial arts come horror film. Horror wasn't scary, martial arts were too thin on the ground till the end, the plot is silly and it's 45 minutes longer than it needed to be. Not many tits in it for a French film either.

Saw Les Misérables on Christmas Day.

CANNOT DESCRIBE THE LEVELS OF AWESOME THAT THIS FILM IS.

Once you ignore Russell Crowe's tonedeaf singing it's incredible. I still hear the people sing, singing a song of angry men...

Ahahaha, what do you even know? Emmy Rossum gets naked in the US version.

Thus ours is assuredly the superior choice.

I just watched Battleship and fuck me if it isn't one of the worst films ever made. Ridiculous idea, rammed with plot holes and delivers cliche after cliche, overlaid with the graphics left over from the Transformers movies and more stock sound effects than a bedroom produced mixtape. Absolutely shockingly bad.

Previously I watched The Courier which is a crappy thriller with a plot that makes no sense and is stupid.

Also watched the latest Underworld film, called Awakening or something. Much the same as the others to be honest, not awful but not really worth going out of your way for.

This evening we watched Dredd which was actually pretty good and in a whole different league to Stallone's car crash. Decent action, no silly plot getting in the way of the perp-killing and Urban was suitably gruff as Dredd. Good one if you're in the mood for watching people get shot especially in slow motion.

My review of Dredd.



Also I said about The Raid earlier on - came out in 2011 and it's almost exactly the same plot as Dredd but with martial arts.

Watched Sherlock Holmes and the Game of Shadows last night. Glaring anachronisms and a couple of monster plot holes aside (Seriously, reverse pickpocketing a note into someone's pocket referencing a line they say before they ever say that line?), it's an enjoyable action film. Jude Law still can't act but his part in this is pretty minimal. Worth a look but not as good as the BBC series, Sherlock.

Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol: much better than the previous installment but still not great. I'm amused and frustrated that all the drama in the series is basically WILL THIS EQUIPMENT FAIL and the answer is always ONLY LONG ENOUGH TO CREATE TENSION. Cruise looks strangely old in the film; like he's aged two decades between this and the last one. The supporting characters are fine but I'm starting to get tired of seeing Simon Pegg in everything. Jeremy Renner continues to look like a fat-faced Chris Walken. Giacchino's music is an ethnic variation on his last M:I score and serves dutifully without impressing anyone.

Frankenweenie: Much better than I expected. Tim Burton has made nothing but crap since Ed Wood (his best picture still) and while this was by no means an Edward Scissorhands, it is a great bit of work on his part. Surprisingly small in cast, it gets all the right notes of "boy and his dog" while still being quirky. Nice if generic design work. More of a return to form than anything new but still excellent.

The Andromeda Strain: Cold, unusual picture. I'm not always hot for Robert Wise but this is something different. I'm still not sure I liked it but the DePalma framing, the scientists locked in a clean room, the electronic music... it's certainly not for everyone and something you'd have to be in the mood for. It's very chilling, both because of the subject matter and the eerie opening sequence.

633 Squadron: WWII fighter pilots flying down canyons and blowing away Nazis. I loved every damn minute of it, in all its kind of cheeseball glory. Cliff Robertson had more charisma than he knew what to do with.

King Kong (1976) - I hate to say this one just didn't grab me at all. Despite a rather good cast, some of the shots just don't work. It's a very flat feeling picture, as if the effects were suppose to carry the emotion. Unfortunately, the effects are nothing to write home about, especially when it's Rick Baker in an ape suit and not the close-up shots. The most impressive SFX is that René Auberjonois still has color in his hair. At least Jessica Lang looks good in a pair of daisy dukes.

Night Of The Comet - this is one of the strangest movies I've seen in ages. Zombies are created after a comet passes over earth and some people are turned into dust? Love the bad 80s feel, love the music drops and the overall shtick and for some reason Robert Beltran from Eating Raul is in this? Catherine Mary Stewart is still one of the best looking women from the 80s and she does well in a story that makes very little sense. I get the feeling Joss Whedon watched this while writing Cabin In The Woods.

Leviathan (1989) - Everyone told me Leviathan was a terrible movie and I'm disappointed its actually a mildly entertaining Alien rip-off. It's got a strong cast lead by Peter Weller, who attempts to give a heroic performance while also being saddled with the worst one-liner to ever close a movie ("Say hi, MUTHERFUCKER!"). Richard Crenna plays his role the same way he played Trautman in the Rambo movies, down to his vocal inflection when listing off things. The women are really attractive and only one of them meets a bad end. Fun Goldsmith score, the end cue is very much like the one he wrote for The Swarm. All in all, exactly what you'd expect if someone said a b-movie remake of Alien.

Rob Roy - I'd forgotten how DRY this film actually was. However, I will never complain about a movie where Liam Neeson is beating the living crap out of people. Lovely score by Carter Burwell (whom I normally don't care for) and its only outshined by Tim Roth as a foppish asshole with a grudge against the title character. Beautiful scenic photography and nice pacing.

I take it that was the 1971 Andromeda Strain, not the terrible remake? I love that film, one of my all time favourite sci-fi films. The setting in the different colours in the base really adds to the tension and I'd love to think someone would be mental enough to paint an entire level of an underground base bright red.

You might be able to help me with this. I'm trying to remember the name of a movie I watched a few times when I was younger that I'd love to see again. It's about an engineered contagious disease I think that someone steals and threatens to release. I remember little of the details except that it ends with the hero in a helicopter above a sports stadium of some description. It ,ust have been from the 70's I'd guess. Not much to go on I admit...

Just finished watching The Raid, it was pretty good although I lost interest towards the end. Kick Boxing is far better suited to one guy kicking the fuck out of a bunch of scrubs than protracted one on ones and that's really clear towards the end of this. The best scene is where the dude is stabbing the shit out of a bunch of people in the hallway, each fight after that is progressively less interesting culminating with an overly long brawl at the end. I know it's a film and suspension of disbelief and all that but it doesn't matter how nails someone is, you smash their head into a wall more than three times in a couple of hour period they get knocked out.

The plot is predictable as fuck but then you don't watch a film like this for the story. It's definitely worth a look if you like kick boxing films but only if you've previously watched Ong Bak, Warrior King and Blood and Bone as they're all much better.

So much anime. So much anime. But that's not what this thread is for, oh, but sorta.

Just re-watched Perfect Blue. Still a glorious mindfuck, and just realized something in this viewing that I hadn't before:


Also, totally saw the "Black Swan is a remake" stuff, too.

LOL wvlf, I've included anime in here before. No worries! :D

I got a backlog I should put in here but I'll just put in a notable one we watched last night.

Black Dynamite is hilarious for the first 45 mins or so but the plot just kinda... faltered and ran on fumes when it started to go a little nutty with unnecessary deviations. Regardless, we laughed for a bit. Stupid fun mostly, great 70s throwback sets and costumes. Even got Arsenio Hall whom I've NOT seen in years.

Well then: as far as series go, we've watched:

B Gata H Kei or Yamada's First Time (because Funimation realized to some extent that a direct translation of the title would mean NOTHING to the vast majority of Americans, but then doesn't even mention ANYWHERE during the show the significance of "H"): Yay ecchi.

Nichijou: re-watch, actually, but Yay insanity!

Lucky Star: I don't need to say anything about this but wow japan

Currently re-watching Midori no hibi because cute anime about guy with girl-hand is cute. Also Kaleido Star to lead up to "wvlf is finally downloading the OAVs that weren't released in America but aren't on bakabt because I guess they were licensed even though there are no plans to release them so wtf." Just like the second half of Kodocha come on let's have a sub-only release since SOMEONE has to have the rights to it now. I'm complaining.

Jem is on Netflix. The second season is INSANE. The Misfits rock out Congress. Fuck yes. Third season, not so much.

Also watching The IT Crowd and for some reason tvtropes doesn't think that Chris O'Dowd fits the "Adorkable" trope. Even though he's an even bigger dork than he was in Bridesmaids. Still, funny show, and Matt Berry makes me happy, as always.

Also, LOL at LeHah's issue with the Bond movie being misogynistic, considering how that'd be something from the novels that the movie actually got RIGHT.

Speaking of Satoshi Kon I finally got round to watching Paranoia Agent. I don't have a whole lot to say about this other than I really enjoyed it. I'd heard it was meant to be a mindfuck in so far as Perfect Blue was, but I thought it was quite straightforward if approached from the right angle - lots of crazy stuff going on to represent some more grounded ideas. I love this kind of mad brand of storytelling.

Just got back from watching A Good Day to Die Hard and it was the stupidest fucking thing I have ever seen, such a badly written script/plot, such atrocious science, so damned awkward in places. Not that I expected any different knowing the general storyline etc going in. I was in a state of disbelief for most of the film (mainly how much we spent to see it, especially since we saw it in the IMAX). At least there were some fun explosiony/shooty bits, and to be fair when a film has that many flaws it leaves plenty of satisfying things to pick on.

I watched Expendables 2 last night as part of a romantic Valentines evening in with the Mrs.

It's fucking funny if nothing else. I mean, it's completely ridiculous and rammed full of plot holes but who cares, it's everyone from the 80's killing people en masse, what's not to love. Shame Jet Li ducks out so early and Lord knows why Sly dyes his hair such a dark black colour but ignore the fact that they spend two days driving from their plane to the mine then five minutes going back to get it and ignore the varying power of their guns from one shot to the next and ignore Jason Statham picking a fist fight with six dudes when he clearly could have just gunned them down in an instant and revel in the explosions and gun fights and references to other films they've all been in and Vandamme spin kicks and especially love the fact that a snake bit Chuck Norris then three days later the snake died. Fucking awesome and hilairous and silly and by the sounds of things much better than Die Hard 5.

I kind of felt like sometimes they knew what they were filming/writing was ridiculous, but mostly not. Expendables franchise definitely knows what it's about and I imagine that makes it a better experience.

In keeping with my ability to be insanely behind the times I've just started watching Community (when I say just started I mean we spent the weekend getting through the first 2 seasons and part way into the third) and today just watched the first episode of Firefly. UMF <3

So we're watching this animu. It's called Kanamemo. It's so lesbian. SOOOOO lesbian. And sooooo adorable.

But then it has this musical episode. That is amazing. The songs are retarded.

Here's the one that has been stuck in my head for the past couple of weeks.

YouTube Video

Watched The Invention of Lying the other night. Ricky Gervais plays the only person on the planet who can lie and makes himself Jesus. It's decent enough, got a few plot holes in it and Ricky Gervais can only play Ricky Gervais but it's worth watching if it happens to be on tv I guess.

oh my god Acer, I have a Drink On Movie that I must Tell Everyone about:

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking. You know, the American one. Holy fucking shit. The movie is, quite literally, So Bad It's Awesome. Oh my god. Songs. The Songs. That Won't get out of My Head. Holy shit.

Today was a good day for tv with both Hear no evil, see no evil on and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the former being slightly funnier than the latter but both being ace.

I would highly recommend combining this film with a viewing of THE PIRATE MOVIE.

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I also only recently discovered Community. I didn't really like it at first, but it was something to have on while i was editing. Around the beginning of season 2 i realized that the show had really evolved since the beginning, and i really love it now. I really hope season 4 keeps up (haven't started it yet).

And in keeping with my going back to sitcoms that have been around for a while (basically, i just got netflix) i finally decided to give Arrested Development another try. I'm liking it more now that i'm watching them in order, and not just one at a time, but it's remarkable how polar opposite Arrested Development and Community are. Community is characters you like and you hope to see them triumph over trials (or at least it is for me) and Arrested Development is characters i hate, and i love watching them suffer.

Yeah, I wasn't massively bowled over by the first season either (paintball though~), seems to be the way of it.

We started properly watching Curb Your Enthusiasm before the easter break. Oh man I thought I dealt with cringe just fine until this show. Literally cannot watch it in places, but it hurts so good somehow.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes was okay. I wasn't amazed by it. Might be skewed by the fact that David Hewlett is in it (yay!) but for a total screen time of about 2 minutes and as a dick (aww).

Last night saw Sightseers. I loved it. Hadn't a clue about the storyline, just knew Edgar Wright was involved and that was more than enough info, I'm glad I went in blind. So funny. I saw a review that said it was good but didn't outshine the director's previous film Kill List, which I now absolutely have to watch.

Also got introduced to This Morning with Richard not Judy and I now love Stewart Lee even more (only having seen Carpet Remnant World and Comedy Vehicle before this, and his articles in the Guardian recently have been fantastic). Only saw the first episode of each series but I was laughing pretty much constantly.

We also watched It's Kevin, which I probably cringed at more than Curb - that's saying something. There were one or two promising sketches but I felt like most of it fell flat on its face, which is sad because Kevin Eldon is beaut.

Saw Derek before the easter break as well. It's pretty good, kind of sweet, some laugh out loud moments (the crabs cracked me up), certainly tugs at your heartstrings. But there's something about it that doesn't sit right with me and I don't know what it is. I think maybe it feels a bit too simplistic, too obvious. There are clear good guys and bad guys and you can see exactly what's coming. The sad piano refrain was a bit ott in places as well. I don't know.

I saw Paul over the weekend. At first I didn't want to watch it because I read before that it wasn't that good. But it's a Simon Pegg/Nick Frost movie, it's supposed to be good! And I did like it. It's a fun sci-fi comedy, which plays on the same formula that Pegg and Frost has been using in the previous movies. There was some funny jokes, and cute pop culture references. Seth Rogen, who voiced the alien, was ok, but he sounded a bit annoying to me. Everytime I hear his voice I remember Green Hornet. blech.

Just watched Piranha 3DD. It's fucking terrible of course but I was in the mood for something silly and it's certainly that. The disc was fucked and it skipped about ten minutes of the main "plot" at the end so I've no idea how half the people died or how they killed the piranhas but I'm not sure that's in any way lessened my enjoyment of the film.

Started watching Squidgirl recently after it being recommended by a friend. First thought was that it was going to be a hentai (with a name like "squidgirl", who wouldn't). It is an overload of cute with the amount of fish/water puns. I have only gotten half way through the series right now but I plan on finishing it now that I have some free time.

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Season 3 episode 8

also interspersed with Parks and Rec which has made me realise I'm basically dating a young British Ron Swanson

So watching Gene Wilder Willy Wonka, and I had a crazy theory:

Wonka is even more of a Magnificent Bastard than he already is? I think that Wonka HAND-PICKED Charlie; there's a line where Wonka says "You were being tested" and I totally heard that as a SINGULAR "you." Think about it for a second; the Slugworth stand-in shows up AWFULLY fast after Charlie gets his ticket, unlike the other kids, who were visited by him only by the time that they were on TV. While, yes, Charlie lives in the part of America that Babe (the movie) takes place in (you know, Not-England), which is also where Wonka's factory is, there's no way that Wonka could have sent the man to meet him less than a minute after he finds the ticket, mob of people or not (creepy lady shouting RUN HOME CHARLIE). This means that Wonka is just a dick who was trying to teach a lesson to the other kids while letting Charlie understand his way of thinking.

I also have comments on Rainbow Brite (the Movie) and Care Bears 2, but I can't be arsed to write them right now.

I watched Wreck-It Ralph for the first time today and that's probably the best movie I've seen since the Dark Knight in 2008 (by the way, I'm not a big movie watcher).

The story was a little corny but that and all the character appearances plus the little jokes that just popped up out of nowhere kept me entertained (Nesquik sand, brilliant). Also, despite all the times I heard it from the trailers on TV I still laughed at the duty/doody jokes.

I guess a sequel is in the works since it did well.

You have read the book, right? Also, Great Glass Elevator.

I watched Ted the other day. I thought it was hilarious and much better than I thought it was going to be actually.

(I haven't read them since I was a child. Forgetting things)

Just watched Alex Cross. It was shit.

I'm so sick of clichéd cop films. Why would it be so hard for cops to occasionally put on a proper evidence suit before entering a crime scene? Why are there never any proper procedures followed? Why do the bad guys never get arrested, they always get killed?

Alex Cross is about the most clichéd film I've seen in years which is odd as the books are actually pretty good. James Patterson must just not give a fuck any more to have put his name to this.

Got round to watching Arrested Development and now I understand Helloween's comments. Enjoyed it a lot.

Also started watching Lie To Me and The Mentalist. Not really that enamoured with the latter. It's average drama, straightforward and kind of flat characters, unconvincing suspects, don't much care for it. Lie to Me's a bit better and I find it more engaging but I don't care much if I miss an episode or two (except I miss the effect it has on my flatmates, who lapse into fits of cockney whenever Cal loses it). Just become sort of saturated with the stock crime-solving dramas I suppose.

Speaking of which we watched the first couple of episodes of Hannibal. It's certainly creepy and surreal, I enjoy the way they play around with the visuals. But I don't know how to feel about it. None of the characters are particularly likeable to me so far, and it's not the most comfortable thing to watch either. I suppose the main driving point is how long it'll take them to figure out Hannibal.

Noos bought the complete boxed set of Wire in the Blood. Watched the first couple of episodes tonight on the projector for no reason at all other than fuck yeah I've got a projector. It's aged well, better than I thought it would have and it's been long enough since they were first on that I can't remember what happens which is good.

I feel I understand Hannibal a bit better after reading this haiku:

hannibal stop that

hannibal leave will alone

fuck you hannibal


Oh yes and Twin Peaks, that's happening. We got the boxset for Christmas, just been wrapping up a bunch of other shows first.

Watched Snow White and the Huntsman last night and God damn that Twilight bitch cannot act. She's not even that pretty, who the fuck was in charge of casting? An otherwise really good film completely ruined by her one facial expression all the way through. I thought putting Frodo in Green Street was the worst casting decision of all time but this seriously tops that. The sooner she does a Lohan and fucks off to drug-addled unemployment the better for everyone.

The Purge was a home invasion movie with some interesting ideas and commentary on entitlement, but ... yeah. It's a home invasion movie.

Eraserhead. My brain feels both tremendously full and empty at the same time.

Just watched Total Recall 2012. It's not a terrible action film but it is really, really hard to take it seriously when there are so many gaping holes in both the plot and setting. There's been a chemical war at the end of the 21st century leaving only Britain and Australia habitable. It also seems to have had the effect of giving everyone in both countries American accents, making the British authorities rename the motorways as interstates and replacing the London Underground with the New York Subway system. There's a shot of Big Ben underneath the stacked up vertical city so you know it's London, although someone moved the river Thames but then once they travel outside the "Safe zone", there's a shot of the BT tower so you know we're still in London yet this London is all single level. So after a chemical war that wiped out most of the planet, there were enough resources and people left in half of London to build structures into the sky, invent anti-gravity motors and dig a fuck off great tunnel through the middle of the planet so you can reach Australia in 17 minutes?

I know it's only a film but if you're going to use real world locations, make them make sense and if you're going to pander to an American audience, set your film in America.

BBC3 are currently broadcasting a documentary called Don't Call Me Crazy. It follows the inpatient lives of teenagers in an adolescent psychiatric unit in Manchester. As a programme it's pretty great. Insights into inpatient life and the struggles of different mental illnesses are complimented by interviews with staff and families, which gives a well-rounded overall picture and it even manages to show the darker aspects of psych unit life without spiralling into sensationalism. There have only been two episodes so far, covering patients with anorexia, depression, OCD and suspected psychosis. It is very true to form, and I'd recommend it. I think it's great to see an effort to openly talk about mental health in such a way, so non-sufferers can gain empathy and start seeing the people behind the diagnoses.

I also watched Life of Pi last night. Firstly, I wish I'd seen it in the cinema because of how visually stunning it's meant to be. Secondly, fucking hell Rafe Spall. He had a great accent and all but there were a few little mannerisms of his from Pete vs. Life I kept picking up on that kept on ruining the illusion.

Saw The World's End this week. Overall, nothing was ever going to top Shaun of the Dead, if anything I'd say it was on par with Hot Fuzz. Worth a watch, but fizzles towards the end. Much darker feel to it in places. My judgement is a bit clouded because I felt quite a personal resonance with parts of it, and I'd need to watch it again to get a proper sense of it.

Been watching Luther as well, it's excellent. Of all the cop dramas we've watched lately, I've enjoyed this one the most (but then Idris Elba stars so not surprising). Gets a little cliché in places but it doesn't ruin it. Great soundtrack as well.

Orange Wednesdays means I can actually afford the cinema :D

Pacific Rim - incongruent, inexplicable back and forth, confusingly insincere bonding and plot holes aside, watching giant mechs smashing the shit out of bloody great big monsters is entertaining. Didn't really expect much more tbh.

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - I am so, so happy. What with it being a while since Partridge appeared on any sort of screen and the number of disappointing revivals popping up of late I was worried Alpha Papa would turn out the same. But it's great and true to form, such a relief!

The Returned - Super spooky French show about dead people coming back to life without knowing they have died. Really interesting to watch this stuff unfold and intertwine, some unexpected repercussions. We're 7 or 8 episodes in.

Finally got around to watching Paranorman the other night. What a wonderful movie. The only criticism i have is that i felt like the talking to ghosts thing was under used by the end, but seriously, everything else was fantastic. The final confrontation was simply breath taking. Would recommend to everyone.

Just finished Orange is the New Black and talked about it in my journal. Awesome Netflix produced show that it already signed on for its second season next year. Rich, white girl ends up in a women's prison. Great supporting cast. I can't emphasize that enough. I highly recommend.

Starting House of Cards, mostly because I was so impressed with Orange. Wow, House is Cards is awesome, too. For some reason, I thought it was about gambling, but I'm glad I knew little to nothing about the show going into it. Fantastic drama with Kevin Spacey. I was bothered at first because they break the fourth wall often but I can also see how it's part of the show's style.

I can't wait to see this. I watched Spaced earlier this summer on Netflix and it was one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. It seems dated on the surface, but the cast works perfectly together and it's so...positive. Throw in classic moments like the performance art show, the paintball game, invisible guns and the rave, and it's up there among my favorite shows now.

I started watching Orange is the New Black and breezed through most of it in the last two days. I gave up after the first 10 minutes a while ago, but for some reason it clicked this time. It's funny, but it's also pretty cliche in that everyone seems to be fundamentally good and just a victim of circumstance.

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I've always had a sort of facination with movies that manage to tell a story with absolutely no dialogue. With this in mind, I had come across this fantastic movie (at least I thought it was fantastic) on Netflix called "The Illusionist". Not to be confused with the one where Jessica Biel was involved, rather this movie was an animated indie film that told the story of a struggling magician who ends up befriending a girl who uninvitingly tags along with him on his journey. It was interesting to say the least. Another movie along these lines that I say was a worth while experience was "The Triplets of Bellville". Again, animated indie film with no dialogue. As for a third flick I watched recently, I had just finished "Gaslight" starring Ingrid Bergman last nite. It's an old black and white movie that caught my eye simply for due to the fact that Ingrid Bergman was casted. Anything that she's in is simply superb in my books.

I just watched The Hobbit. It was alright, funnier and less "epic" than LOTR and either they spent less on the cgi or I'm getting better at spotting it because lots of bits suffered from being obviously computer graphics. Probably won't bother seeing the next two at the cinema and I'm not convinced the book really needed to be chopped into three films.

Just watched The Girl Next Door, the 2007 film about two girls getting tortured by their aunt. It's an awful, awful film and why I watched to the end I will never know. Shit script, hammy acting, terrible editing and badly shot. If you want to watch a film about girls getting tortured (And who wouldn't?) do yourself a favour and watch either Martyrs or Mum and Dad.

Both films were directed by Sylvain Chomet, in case you didn't spot it.

The Illusionist is based on an unfilmed (not sure if also unfinished) script from Jacques Tati. The main character looks and moves like him too.

If you like dialogueless animations, you should check out some of the student works from the gobelins animation school. They have some amazing short animations:

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My film session this weekend finished up with Ghost Rider - Spirit of Vengance. It's an ok film as so many Nick Cage films are but the film completely lost me when the whole premis of Ghost Rider, the fact that he turns back into a normal guy in sunlight, was completely ignored with no explanation or reason. If he can be Ghost Rider during the day then he's basically Superman, invulnerable and super-hard and Superman is the most boring character in the history of comics.

Saw World War Z. Despite it's corny title, I actually liked the movie. Though it does have fairly common elements of a zombie aftermath movie, I like that the movie stayed away from the usual shots of zombies running after a gun-toting protagonist. The movie had a nice balance of tense scenes and at the same time good story progression. Keeping the history of Brad Pitt's character also helped the viewer focus more on the whole story instead of the character's individual issues. Overall, it's an enjoying movie with a great take on the zombie virus genre.

I watched Blue Is The Warmest Color a few nights ago. Damn. I can't get it out of my head. There's way too much controversy about the sex scenes. Yes, they're long and graphic, but it's not shock porn or anything and doesn't feel out of place. I thought it was a really raw and honest coming of age/first love movie, and didn't want it to end.

Some of you already seen this post on my facebook, but I just got done watching Grabbers on Netflix Instant and its great monster movie. :3

Who wouldn't want to watch it after reading that lol. It was unexpectedly enjoyable watch. :3

Nabhan, I'm going to watch that French movie now. The plot description is really interesting and I can't say no to sex controversy.

I'd be curious to hear what you think. I don't know anyone who's seen it - I went alone because it's a tough sell to go "Hey bro wanna go watch this subtitled 3-hour lesbian coming of age movie?". The IFC in New York drew some flack/support because they said they weren't going to card teenagers even though it's an NC-17 movie.

Even without the lesbian factor, I still think it's an incredible film. La Vie D'Adele: Chapitres 1 et 2 (the French title) is probably a better fit than Blue is the Warmest Color.

Nabhan, are you still in NYC?

I'll let you know what I think after I watch it. Will post my thoughts here.

Today we watched Thor 2 or whatever the official subtitle is. It was a suitably enjoyable, mindless Marvel flick falling neatly onto the conveyor belt behind all the other Avenger films. I think they're doing a decent job with these although they need to try to limit themselves to one interpretation of how the universe works. Every time they delve further into Norse mythology they make Thor a far more important hero than any of the others in the recent franchise which is fine because the Thor films have certainly been better than the Captain America film and probably the Iron Man advert breaks films. The traditional Stan Lee appearance in this one was funny and the Captain America cameo was pretty amusing too and actually the film is pretty light-hearted. Worth watching although don't go for the story, obviously.

Nigga I will fight you.

Well of course you like Iron Man, he is the only black Avenger.

Watched The Usual Suspects last night. I liked it. Shyma-llama wishes he could write twists like that. Good movie, I find it was pretty smart.

Watched the recent remake of Evil Dead. It was a'ight but unsurprisingly not as good as any of the original three.

Did you stay through the end credits?

Watched to when it went black and started listing the cast so not to the end, no. Should I Youtube it?

The effects in Addams Family Values have REALLY fucking held up, especially for Thing. You'd think folks would notice stuff like that but then we still get movies where filmmakers decide that instead of actually FILMING water, we need to ANIMATE it and that always looks wonderful.

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Haha, Bruce Campbell fucking rules.

Today I watched Immortals which is a bit of cgi-heavy, Greek mythology nonsense that isn't as good as 300 or Clash of the Titans but is better than Troy. Really dark film though, as in shot at night, rather than sinister. Maybe I'm getting old but it helps me identify with the characters when I can make out their faces.

Weird. I saw Immortals in 3D and still had no trouble identifying who was punching who.

Finally joined in on the Breaking Bad wagon. Regretting getting on it; it's been near detrimental to both our progress on grading papers. lol.

Hey this thread is back!

I saw two movies recently.

Elysium - I watched this two times! It's that good! Good action + scifi + lotsa cool concept work + good world building + excellent use of a torus space station. I'll watch it again.

World's End - The latest movie from comedy duo Simon Peg/Nick Frost. It actually starts good, with a nice twist, and a twistier ending. Not as good as Hot Fuzz, but still enjoyable.

The Whistleblower with Rachel Weisz was engaging enough to scare the shit out of me into traveling abroad.

*bracing for impact*

I watched Die Hard 5 or whatever the actual, ridiculous title is the other day. It's a Die Hard film so you pays your money, you takes your chance. You know it'll be full of shoot-outs and light on plot and it is. It's a shame they felt the need to over-complicate it with a CIA plot in Russia, almost trying to make it 24 or some crap as Die Hard was perfect for its simplicity. A dude in a tower block with some criminals was as much plot as the first film needed and it's a classic. The more story they introduce the more plot-holes sneak in and Die Hard 5 is positively riddled with them, so many in fact that by the time they got to Chernobyl and had a magic spray that makes radiation go away I had completely lost interest. I know you should suspend disbelief when you watch films like this by Die Hard 5 is a step too far in terms of plot holes and it just irritated me by the end.

Holy crap, there IS a Die Hard 5? Mannnn.

A Good Day To Die Hard - Rotten Tomatoes

Looks like I was better off NOT EVEN KNOWING about this POS movie. o.o' Is Bruno that hard up for money?

ALSO <3 your new kitties in your sig! :D

As a sign of just how long it's been since I've seen Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, I just realized that Bill's dad fucks Missy on Bill's bed at the beginning.


Minorly squicked.

The Watchmen, that ending... which do you guys prefer? The graphic novel or the movie? I've read a few reviews about the differences and some people say that the movie ending made more sense while the graphic novel suffered a delay from the last book and left everyone confused or something.

Meanwhile Ozzie doesn't remorseful in the movie while he does in the comic book and Dr Manhattan hammers it down that his awful "solution" was in reality only temporary.

Wrong, a fantastic movie by the same director who did Rubber, it about a man who lost his dog. Wrong was "wrong" in all kinds of hilarious scenarios but never mind that, I absolutely adore the pacing in this and the quirky characters. I highly recommend it for an unusual directorial setup.

Some stuff from the last few months:

Her: Thought it would be awkward, wasn't. Really natural and honest, and the use of color was awesome.
12 Years a Slave: I don't know...it's a powerful movie that I wouldn't want to watch again. Expect it'll do well at the Oscars though.
Blue Jasmine: Cate Blanchett kills it.
American Hustle: Entertaining ride, but I don't know if it has longevity.
Wolf of Wall Street: A bit too long. Wouldn't put it in the upper echelon of Scorsese movies but I enjoyed it.
Frances Ha: It's like Girls, but better.
Inside Llewyn Davis: Didn't really know what to expect going in and the subject matter seemed "meh", but it's the Coen brothers and my friend really wanted to go. Amazing soundtrack. Very atmospheric and melancholy. One of my favorites of the year.
The Act of Killing: CRAZY documentary where they basically get a former executioner in the Indonesian communist purges to recreate their experiences as a movie. It's haunting.

Caught Ebolung last week and stayed home watching a lot of bad things on a giant projector screen.


NIGHTHAWKS

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Basically the 90's movie The Jackal with Bruce Willis but with the way-more-awesome Rutger Hauer in the 70's. Sly Stallone dressed up as his wife in every scene no matter what tense and harrowing things are happening in the story. Pretty terrible, but The Real Billy Dee Williams keeps things cool as always.



MUTANT GIRL SQUAD

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Completely excellent, insane, gory Japanese comedy very much in the vein of movies like ROBO-GEISHA. Over-the top things galore that kept me laughing for most of the movie. This thing has gone straight to the top of my DRINK ON list.

Memorable quote:

"My wife is turned into French bread."


NEW MCDONALDS

Super hush hush Dave Conte recommended film screened on my B-day which is my new favorite moviething I have seen. Such a great present! Thanks Dave! This movie is being sent around to various places so it's not really out yet. A buddy of his was apart of this project that wrote, filmed, and edited a movie in 24 hours and this is the result and it is absolutely hilarious. Plot goes like this: three friends love McDonalds so much they start their own McDonalds in their apartment. That Balderdash answer of a plot is exciting enough but man does this thing deliver. I can't wait until the time comes when this thing can be shared by Sprout because it amazing and should be seen by all of you while drinking things.

I have a ton of similar looking recommendations if you want to make it a silly-jap-horror theme night. Machine Girl is particularly good, depending on your definition of good.

Jacob's Ladder

I remember when this came out and how it intensely bothered the adults in my life. Though its unfortunately lost some of its more visceral impact (though seeing your wife get fucked-to-death on a dance floor by a tentacle monster while still pre-dating America's importing of anime is impressively... horrible), the way the movie is mashed up and told in a "which side of this is real" complex context is pretty damn impressive, even if the big finish at the end was sort of "meh".

See it if you like Silent Hill games or general mind-fuck.

Avoid it if you have a tenuous grasp on your mind or emotions.

I finally saw District 9.

I remember there was some fuss about this movie but I avoided it for spoilers. So naturally I went over to Dave's journal to see his review/take on it. Lot of his complaints I can agree with but his comment section says otherwise. Which I find interesting and then Rotten Tomatoes gave this movie a 82% rating from the audience...

My first thought was... did we just watch the same movie? Its weird. Its like depending on what we're wanting from this movie, it'll be just that.

I don't hate it or anything, just mostly confused at the director's direction with this movie exactly. If he was doing a parallel on segregation, there can be less distractions and messy direction. Also someone counted 130 "fuck"s in this movie.

This weekend I watched Star Trek Into Darkness and Fast and Furious 6

Star Trek I liked. It's a decent action movie with the perfect amount of references to the originals for someone like me who has watched a lot of Star Trek but was never a fan per se.

Furious 6 is easily one of the worst films I've seen in years. They lost me in the first two minutes when they expected me to believe a Dodge Charger or whatever Vin Diesel drives is could keep up with a Nissan GTR in a touge style downhill race. They lost me even more when they expected me to believe the police in London would chase a car firing a machine gun out the window at them. I know it's a movie but seeing it was mainly set in London I was hoping for an interpretation of how the British police go about catching cars, namely not chasing them en masse but simply following them in a chopper and having one car follow at a safe distance until it's safe to stop them. Also why when they need to buy some fast cars do they go to an auction, get told by the compere that they clearly aren't rich enough to shop there then somehow run his nose in it by buying a bunch of American muscle cars, the kind of things you can pick up for £30,000 or so. For that money, just go buy BMW M3's and save yourself the bother of modifying them.

Anyway the whole film is retarded.

I saw Star Trek too (Into Darkness is queued). The movie served well for fan service alright. I don't like the kid and the car bit though, that was unnecessarily padded on.

I dunno, I didn't mind it, considering how it's one of the few canon things that didn't get fucked up by killing Kirk's dad (who was actually ALIVE to raise him in the original universe). Not that Kirk wasn't a hellraiser, but.

The less said about the Abrams films, the better.

Last night we saw The Watch. It's a Ben Stiller/Vince Vaughn film so it's basically the same as all the other Ben Stiller/Vince Vaughn films! That said, it was actually pretty funny and Richard Ayoade and Jonah Hill are both much more entertaining than Vaughn and Stiller.

Just watched Iron Man 3. It's a good movie, continuing the high production standards of the Marvel films if nothing else. I thought Thor 2 was better to be honest but if you're into comic book movies then there are worse than this one around ('Sup Daredevil, Phantom, both Hellboys, Ghost Rider 2, all the Batman films between the first Michael Keaton one and the first Christian Bale one, all the Spiderman films after the first Sam Raimi one and all the Superman films since Superman 2?)

Speaking of lovable RDJ, I saw him in Sherlock Holmes. Absolutely loved it. I also appreciate Jude Law and Rachel McAdams.

I also saw Avatar finally. What a movie that was. I enjoyed it but I still... don't like Sam Worthington... which is weird, I actually liked his performance in Salvation but in this one, not so much. Sigourney is great and Stephan Lang was more impressive than SW.

When you watched Avatar, did you manage to work out how the destroyed spaceship thing crashing into the giant tree wouldn't have done as much damage as the bomb they were going to drop on it? God damn that film has some massive plot holes in it.

Anyway, we also watched Byzantium over the weekend which is a vampire film in a similar vein to Let The Right One In, in that it's a film about people who happen to be vampires rather than being a vampire film. It was really good actually, definitely worth a watch.

Oh damn. You're right. That WAS pretty dumb. Soul tree was only a fraction of Hometree. DERP. They could had just shot at it or napalm it. Yeah.

Thanks for the review on Byzantium! I'm a fan of nonstylish vampire flicks. The Hamiltons was great in this regard.

Oh yeah, I finally saw Mum and Dad at your recommendation a while back (its up on instant). One word. Gross.

Yeah, Byzantium is very much a gritty, UK drama where the protagonists happen to be vampires. There's remarkably little eye-liner and absolutely no sparkles!

Just watched The World's End. Unsurprisingly it's not as good as Sean of the Dead or Hot Fuzz but it is entertaining and has a few very funny moments. It has also got easily the best soundtrack of any film released since Human Traffic.

Word's End isn't as purely funny as the other two, but it is hands down the best constructed of the three. It shows a real maturity in how it is designed, made and patched together. Edgar Wright, man. Something special.

This weekend was Wreck It Ralph which I enjoyed. I liked the references to other games at the beginning and the way they didn't explain any of them, you either got them or you didn't. What was a shame was that they stopped making obscure references to other games almost completely after the first twenty minutes at which point it became another Disney/Pixar film which is no bad thing but again, nothing spectacular. I enjoyed it more than the overly-kiddie Wall-E but given the nerd-gasms it produced from a few members here I was expecting more to be honest. Probably the best Pixar film since the first Toy Story I'd say, take that as you will.

Good thing it's not Pixar.

Hahahahahaha, wasn't it? Totally thought it was. :)

It was still better than all the Pixar films since Toy Story.

Oh Shin.

Huh. I thought it was Pixar too. No wonder it looked different.

You learn new things everyday.

Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen are by Walt Disney Animation Studios.

I think Disney still owns Pixar, but they are a different animation studio.

All of which, aside from being animated, share little in common with anything made by Pixar.

I saw Dogtooth.

What

the

fuck.

Also Meet the Robinsons, which was more entertaining than it needed to be.

And Chicken Little and Bolt, forgot those exist.

Can't imagine why not, considering how they came during the "Disney 00s ghetto" which is why we don't get hand-drawn moreso than the fact that Princess and the Frog underperformed at the box office compared to the CG flicks.

Just watched Filth, the Irvine Welsh adaptation. I got drunk off this film. Seriously swallowed whole and spat out. Not the most comfortable thing you will watch for sure. Goddamn that was great. James McAvoy was just incredible. Also love me a cheeky bit of surreal nutcase style Jim Broadbent.

Awesome, I love James McAvoy in Atonement and Wanted. Thanks for the mini review on this, queuing this.

Movies I've watched recently.

How to train your Dragon: I really enjoyed the movie. Great music, memorable characters, beautiful animation, wonderful scenery. Everything I wish Brave was pretty much. Kudos to Dreamworks.

Her: Everyone has been raving about the film so I decided to go to the theater on my own and watch it on a Monday. Beautiful use of colors, wonderful aesthetics, and a fantastic soundtrack. Wasn't as into the plot and characters as I thought I would be, but it was definitely a great watch.

I was really impressed with How to Train Your Dragon when I saw it over Christmas. It was one of those films that's on and you watch it because you can't be arsed to find the remote but actually I'm glad I did.

Ok, TV time. I've been watching these shows recently.

True Detective - The best show on TV right now. Basically it's a cop drama where two 2 detectives narrate and recall the events leading to the capture of a serial killer in Louisiana. I think this is the best performance by Matthew McConaughey is crazy good on this show and it really changed my opinion of him. And since it's HBO, it's got boobies.

Gravity Falls - Thanks Q! It's a Disney cartoon series about a brother and sister sent to their uncle's hack Mystery Shack in a small town called Gravity Falls. One of them finds a book which documents the weird things in this town, and they basically go into adventures solving and discovering the mysteries. It's really fun you guys!

Its still so fucking weird that Matt is from my hometown. Glad he's getting better work though. He was in terrible rom-com phase for a while there. But yeah, I'll watch this show whenever it hits instant.

Man, his performance here and in Dallas Buyers Club is totally different from ALL his previous movies. It's like he's a different actor.

Fucking Longview.

Watched World War Z the other day and was pleasantly surprised. It's a bit silly and would have been just as good if not better without the whole bit about Brad's family but it's an enjoyable film and some of the effects are really good. Stand out bit for me was the escape from Jerusalem and not just because of all the smug Jews getting eaten...

The Grand Budapest Hotel! <33333333
Needless to say, fantastically strong acting from everyone involved but Ralph Fiennes is a beautiful, beautiful man.

I was talking with a guy at work about hilarious shit like Goosebumps and he brought up a show I'd not heard of called Eerie, Indiana, which he just so happens to own a boxset of. I'll let the opening sequence do the talking.

You have NO IDEA.





NO IDEA.


Content-wise, I watched Charade earlier this week. Fantastic, and I love how the movie can't decide if it wants to be retarded funny or a mystery film.



Audrey.



Hepburn.

Also dat theme tune in the whole damn movie.

I remember Eerie Indiana, it was like Round the Twist but not quite as good.

We watched Machete Kills the other day which is a masterclass in spending a fuck load of cash to deliberately make a low budget movie. I love Robert Rodriguez films and where Tarantino takes himself far too fucking seriously and manages to accidentally make one good film for every three or four he releases, Rodriguez films are all incredibly tongue in cheek and hilarious which I guess is why so many big names queue up to be in them. If you liked Terror Planet you'll like this, if you didn't like Terror Planet you're an idiot.

Grand Budapest Hotel

I went into this movie knowing nothing about the plot or characters aside from the movies name and that Wes Anderson is the director. I enjoyed the film immensely. Gorgeous visuals, amazing camera work, and wonderful dialogue. Wes Anderson's sense of humor can sometimes be hit or miss, but it was spot-on this time.

Aaaah Round the Twist! I remember enjoying it but little else about it, wanted to revisit that.

Jumping on the True Detective train, woo woo. Holy shit what a great show. The soundtrack is amazing too, working my way through it since I just finished the last episode.

Last night watched The Grey. I wasn't impressed to be honest. Liam Neeson is a good actor but the moment the wolves came into it, the whole film just annoyed me. Wolves do not act like that at all! Zoology nerdery ruining my film experience, but to be honest I though the script was 90% piss poor anyway.

The Grey is dumb, Liam Neeson should know better by now.

We just watched Olympus has Fallen. It's about the bad guy from Fast and Furious 2 leading a team of terrorists to attack the White House and capture the president leaving only Gerard Butler able to save everyone and avert the end of the world as we know it.

It's an ok action film but suffers from a completely implausible plot. I know you 'Merkins love your president but I suspect even you guys wouldn't sacrifice all of South Korea to keep him alive. It's all a bit AMERICA FUCK YEAH which is kinda surprising as Butler was one of the producers himself and you might have thought he would try to swerve all that horrific flag waving the US is so fond of but sadly no.

Anyway, there are better action films out there, better Gerard Butler films out there and better ways to spend the couple of hours or so I spent watching this. The bit where Washington is getting shot up by miniguns is pretty epic though and there's a lot for movie mistakes fans to keep an eye out for!

So, I watched Annie Hall. The movie is fuckin-a incredible. It also makes me want to slap Lena Dunham for going nuts when she was called this generation's Woody Allen. Learn to take a fucking compliment, bitch. When your hallmark is comedy with exceedingly realistic dialogue? Yeah, focus on the squickiness of the creator instead of his work WHICH IS WHAT THE COMPARISON IS FOR.



If I couldn't separate the person from the art, I wouldn't enjoy Wagner, what with him being a thoroughly awful human being, much less this fantastic fantastic romantic comedy. Also, Family Guy cribs wholesale from the movie A LOT.


A LOT. Probably more than any other single source.

Now watch Radio Days.







And Manhattan I GUESS

You're using "it's a major inspiration for Family Guy" as an item in the PLUS column?

No, I'm mostly just pointing it out. I probably could have worded it better. Still. Great fucking film. Yay for Best Picture comedies!

Huh. I just realized that I haven't watched a movie for a few weeks now.

Watched Under The Skin tonight. It was pretty intense and unsettling. Not sure what to think, but it's definitely lingering in my mind. I think the theater collectively let out a breath when it was over. If you've ever thought "They need to make a really creepy and disorienting movie where Scarlett Johansson is a naked alien that preys on the thirsty men of Scotland," well, this is the movie for you. The score was excellent, although again, unnerving.

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I haven't watched a film for ages. Last one was Anchorman 2. It was funny but not a patch on the first one.

Godzilla (2014)

Bernard Black, I felt the same way about Godzilla (2014).

Got caught up on the recent DC Animated Universe movies The Dark Knight Returns Park 2 (2014) and The Son of Batman (2014). I have to say, I really love what DC is doing with their animated movies and these two installments are no exceptions. Slick animation and reverence for the source material that is pretty far along in the Batman timeline (especially Son of Batman).

Also watching a bunch of TV shows, too: Boondocks season 4, Game of Thrones season 4, Madmen season 7, Louie season 4.

Frozen.


Yes.


Near the end, there's a shot so fantastically composed, it's classical in its art. It involves a sweeping dress, for those of y'all what haven't seen.

Muppets Most Wanted is a much better movie than the last, mostly because it's actually a Muppet movie, and not a Jason Siegel/Amy Adams vehicle that has Muppets in it. Don't get me wrong, I like both of them, but. The bit with Penelope Cruz was so reminiscent of The Muppet Show, it hurt.

"Devil's Advocate" the other night, always an easy way to pass the time. Can't not like the cheesy dialogue and acting from Al Pacino... he's a fan of man! (apparently)

Prisoners was likely the most disturbing suspense movie I've seen since Seven. Loved every frame but its definitely not for people who have kids of their own.

I saw Jodorowsky's Dune which was truly mind-blowing. The guy has more charisma than anyone I've ever heard; his ideas are so outlandish and extravagant, I had a hard time processing some of it. Highly recommended if you think you're a creative type or an artist.

Batman turned 25 this year, so I had another go with that. Still a lot of fun, still infinitely superior to the Nolan films.

Oooh, queuing Prisoners. Thanks for the mention!

I have to look up what I've watched recently on Netflix shipping activity. I forgot to rate several too. That should tell you that I've not watched anything that mind blowing yet.

I did see the following though to make an mention in here.

Despicable Me, cute, not too crazy but its cute.

21 Jump Street, lmao, I've not seen the show that Depp was in, but this movie is a great follow-up on that I think. It gets even better when you have a surprise guest star in it. James and I enjoyed this, and Jonah Hill definitely slim(shady) down in this movie lol.

The Raid: Redemption - James told me that this was recommended all over on GAF regarding martial arts movies to watch for. Reviews weren't kidding, this is the best hard hitting martial arts I've seen recently. (Bruce Lee movies still reigns king.) What threw me off was that this movie was made in Indonesia, which is neat addition of foreign movies I've seen. The poster didn't seem to indicate that at all, and that's a good thing. Usually foreign posters were terribad.

So it turns out White House Down is fucking terrible, not sure why I thought it wouldn't be really.

I've watched Lords of Salem and V/H/S recently, so here's some thoughts:

Lords: Dear Rob,

More horror/gore, less titties. I would forgive the lack of gore if the movie was scarier, and I love me some surreal horror. The music wasn't bad, tho.

V/H/S: not a bad little anthology flick, although the final segment was the best, and the frame story could have gone away. Ti West underwhelmed this time around.

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For the record: I don't think the tits in Lords of Salem would be a plus even if you enjoyed them in a heterosexual manner.

Holy shit, The Innkeepers. More Ti West goodness, this time exploring a classic ghost film with some nice comedy elements (the bit where she was throwing the trash away was some of the funniest shit that I've seen in a long time from something that didn't explicitly label itself a comedy.) Also extremely intense where it needed to be, and some fantastic sound design bringing the creepy.

As a follow up to previous V/H/S 2. Much better frame story, not least because they weren't horrifyingly asshole kids, and the sequence with the cult was completely insane, although it did get a little narm-y. "Sleepover Party Alien Abduction" was the worst of the lot, this time. I didn't like the movie as a whole, but the aformentioned cult segment was worth the price of admission alone.

Agreed on Innkeepers. Its an adorable little movie with horror/comedy/quaint elements to it. Caught me by surprise to be honest. I kept expecting it to be a prank from her friend.

EXACTLY. Also, did you see the ghost at the very end? As another note, I love how its R rating is earned for reasons horror flicks used to be R-rated: fucking scary, without a bunch of swearing or explicit violence (I recommended it to my mother for that reason, as she likes the genre, but not its excesses). And I like gorn.

This week I watched Pacific Rim on Bluray and Fury at an actual cinema.

Pacific Rim is very silly and chock full of plot holes (Forever they can't get through the dimensional rift thing but somehow when they get through their radio still works being just one but an especially grating one) but it's fun enough if you like big mechs and who doesn't like mechs, right?

Fury is pretty awesome actually. I mean, there's not actually a plot and basically none of the main characters can act or at least their character is the same as in every other film they've respectively been in but the setting is gritty as fuck, the tank combat is brutal and tanks are great, possibly better than mechs. Plus it's a good reference source for anyone who paints model tanks. If you like watching nazis getting shot to pieces and you like tanks (and frankly who doesn't?) then it's worth a look.

I just watched The Guest after hearing good things. It's fucking awesome. It's kind of like Drive without taking itself seriously. Campy and has a killer soundtrack. The trailer is pretty much spoiler-free.

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I just watched the trailer for Star Wars 7.

Stupid cross guard lightsaber confirmed real.

I am disappoint.

So I marathoned my way through Supernatural to be ready to watch it as it's airing this season, and it's not a bad background noise while doing other work show. I really only paid full attention to season openers, midpoints, and enders. Also, the fact that Booger plays the Metatron made me super happy. Even though he turned into a giant bag of dicks like every angel in the series. Yay Deism!

Okay, Interstellar.



Overall, a thumbs up.

Also tonight I'm going to see 2001 on the big screen, excited much!

Watched Let the right one in. It's a Swedish vampire movie based on a book with the same name. There is also an American remake called Let me in. I'm not very much into vampires (outside of Castlevania), but this was a really brooding and thought provoking movie. It didn't go for the usual vampire tropes and focused on a relationship that was truly genuine and heartfelt. I strongly recommend. It's on Netflix for those interested.

I saw Snowpiercer on Netflix Instant and I have to say... holy shit. There's flaws but yet I really like this movie. It'll stay home with me for sure for a long time.

I have watched the original first and then the American one. I think the remake is very faithful to the original and I'd strongly recommend watching any of them.

I don't like vampire fiction in general, but this one (Let the right one in) has an incredible atmosphere and a very interesting premise. It's a must watch if you're looking for a foreign film that has all the right elements in the right places.

Keeping in the topic of foreign media, I recently watched a French TV serial called Les Revenants or The Returned. It's from 2012, very short (8 episodes) with a planned second season. There's an American remake in the works, and another American show with a very similar premise (it's called Resurrection) but please avoid those and stick to the original.

Yes, it is a show where people who has been dead for a while return to life, it's not the most original premise out there but the execution is fantastic. Every episode feels important and while it's short, the story arc comes to a full circle and feels complete and conclusive. Grab a torrent and enjoy it, if you're in for some mystery, no filler episodes, an awesome soundtrack and beautiful French landscapes, Les Revenants is for you.

Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Returned

Keeping up with the trend of watching one movie per a night, I finally saw Wolf on Wall Street. I thought it was... hilarious and alright. But I gotta say, Jonah Hill really fucking shone in this movie. He was the BEST WASP I have ever seen.

I think he was playing a Jew.

[QUOTE=Tawnee Van Pelt;824935]Keeping in the topic of foreign media, I recently watched a French TV serial called Les Revenants or The Returned./QUOTE]

I started watching this when it was first on but never really got on with it, it went a bit slow for me. Maybe I'll give it another go.

I've been watching a lot of stuff lately, but two movies I stumbled across on Netflix this week stood out.





As for new TV:

Yeah, I believe it's worth it.

I watched The Inkeepers based on recommendations on this thread and I also watched The House of the Devil by Ti West. I do appreciate the atmosphere that The House of the Devil had, the characters and the build up was great, didn't like the ending though. As for The Innkeepers, well, I couldn't connect with the story or the characters.

However... Diggin' on the filmography of this director led me to the movies of Adam Wingard. The first one is You're next. Man, what I ride. I loved it from beginning to end, it's a horror/trhiller that feels so fresh and captivating. I don't think that there's much room for spoilers, it doesn't really deviate from the common topics of those genres, but it certainly gives a fresh breath to them.

After watching it I had to search for The Guest, his movie from last year. A stylish thriller that will certainly resonate with you if you have already watched and loved Drive (I mean, who doesn't?). Great use of soundtrack, nice build up and suspense and great acting. Watch both of them, they were a great start for my year in movies.

We just got through watching the first two series of The Following and it's great. It's like 24 only with Kevin Bacon and a higher body count. It does get a touch predictable and I did find myself shouting at the screen a couple of times when the characters made the same, dumb mistake the fifth time and literally everyone gets stabbed in the stomach which is a terrible way to kill someone but that aside, it really is a great show.

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I'm almost done watching Borgia (French one from Canal+ on Netflix, not The Borgias on Showtime), and it really impressed me. A period piece with a very rich subject matter set in Italy during the Renaissance. If you enjoy historical political intrigues/dramas, do watch it.

I saw a recommendation yesterday and I had it on queue for a while. I was in the mood for some horror so I bumped it up and watched it yesterday. I thought the title was silly but whatever.

Triangle blew me away. If you guys enjoyed Time Crimes, you'll definitely fucking love Triangle. Its not so much about horror as it is about time/dimensional travel. Its fucking neat. I do see holes here and there but whatever, its enjoyable pleasant surprise for me as the genre shifted from horror to time travel.

I also saw Maleficent and I absolutely LOVE Jolie in this. The twist made me love this movie. What I didn't appreciate was their "PG" go at this. I wished for more and I realized this is still a "children" movie of sorts. Still, its a brilliant retake on Sleeping Beauty classic.

Just watched 7 Days which is a French horror film (Sept jours du talion) about a dude who tortures the guy who's killed his daughter. As with most French horror it is far from uplifting but is a decent movie.

Also the other day we watched Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It's a nu-school Marvel movie, they're all much of a muchness. Terrible acting, silly story, plot holes you could drive a bus through and "Twists" that a retarded child could spot a mile away (Oh wow, he's alive, never saw that coming! Oh wow, the person you specifically mentioned three times at the beginning of the film turns out to be significant later on! And so forth...) but nevertheless it is enjoyable in a mindless way and if you've watched a few of them, you might as well watch all of them eh?

In the last week I have watched The Interview and The Amazing Spider Man 2.

The Interview was better than a lot of people have made out. It's far from being the best film ever but there are some laugh out loud moments in it and it's worth watching if you want a dumb comedy.

Spider Man on the other hand is fucking terrible and the first time in a long, long time that I've not managed to watch a film through to the end. It's like an episode of Dawson's Creek with a better effects budget. The acting is terrible, the script is terrible, the editing is terrible, the characters are shoe-horned in and it's literally one of the worst films I've seen in years. I've not actually watched the first one and off the back of this I won't bother.

Yeah, the Interview wasn't bad. It was pretty dumb but hilarious.

I saw Nymphomaniac and well... I enjoyed it. I was intrigued the whole time and of course I've seen and heard of other movies and how assholish this director is. Still doesn't stop me from watching this. The whole conversation ride with Skarsgard was definitely bullshit retelling and unrealistic banter but I enjoyed it nonetheless though.

Anyway with that said, I'm beginning to like this one above all of his other movies. Some people will bash it as a piece of bad porno, I don't see it that way. I'm sure with so much tripe, everyone will have varying pieces of opinions of why they hate it and why they love it lol. So to be honest, I honestly don't know why I like it.

Watched The Expendables 3 yesterday. It's as dumb as the others but if anything, not quite dumb enough. The first one was great because it was a collection of 80's action heroes in a mindless action film blowing shit up. The second was great because it was the same thing only full of tongue in cheek cameos and references to other films the cast had been in. The third takes itself a touch too seriously, attempts a plot, has a bunch of kids nobody has heard of in it and fails to make a single Lethal Weapon or Mad Max joke, despite having Mel Gibson in it. Arnie shouting "GET TO THE CHOPPER" wasn't quite enough. That said, there were a lot of explosions and a lot of people getting shot and Harrison Ford wasn't awful (Wesley Snipes was). Watch it with a beer and with the colume turned up to ludicrous.

Just watched the remake of Robocop. As remakes of great films goes it's actually not bad! Has some good robot action and basically is the movie version of Metal Gear Revengance, only without swords. Or ninjas. Worth a look despite this.

So in the last week I've watched all of Red Vs. Blue and now I'm just about done both seasons of Danger 5. Not sure how this coming week could be any weirder. Maybe if someone announced a crossover show of the two?

Just want to say I've watched The White Ribbon. Now that's a sinister movie. What leaves a greater impression on me was the sheer subtly in getting the message across.